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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Scheherazade and Kino".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator of "An Independent Organ" states that Dr. Tokai had never "found it odd" (84) to have how many girlfriends at once?
(a) 6 or 8.
(b) Several.
(c) 1 or 2.
(d) 2 or 3.

2. The narrator of "An Independent Organ" says that he had gotten married in what phase of his life?
(a) In his middle age.
(b) In his teens.
(c) In his youth.
(d) In his thirties.

3. What color is Kafuku's car?
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Yellow.

4. The last line of the story "Drive My Car" states that Kafuku feels in what way about Misaki's silence in response to his comment that he is going to sleep for a little while?
(a) Sad.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Annoyed.
(d) Grateful.

5. Who coordinates Dr. Tokai's personal calendar?
(a) Dr. Tokai's male secretary.
(b) Dr. Tokai's mother.
(c) The unnamed narrator of the story.
(d) Dr. Tokai's female secretary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. Tokai tells the narrator that a gentleman does not talk about the women he sleeps with nor about what other subject?

2. What verb is used to describe the way in which Habara had come to the "provincial city north of Tokyo" (121) four months before the story's beginning?

3. What is the name of the man who routinely services Kafuku's car?

4. When Dr. Tokai finally falls in love, it is with a woman of what age?

5. During one of her stories, Scheherazade declares that she had been what creature in a former life?

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