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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action does Misaki Watari take that makes Kafuku think that the action must be one that everyone in Junitakicho undertakes?
(a) Smokes her cigarette with the windows rolled up.
(b) Throws her cigarette butt out the window.
(c) Swears in mixed company.
(d) Lights a match with no hands.

2. For what period of time does the friendship between Kafuku and Takatsuki last?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 9 months.

3. When making a point about the obscurity of the Kansai dialect, Kitaru's long-time girlfriend declares that no one has ever translated which book into the Kansai dialect?
(a) The Catcher in the Rye.
(b) War and Peace.
(c) Franny and Zooey.
(d) Lord of the Flies.

4. What is the name of the man who routinely services Kafuku's car?
(a) Watanabe.
(b) Samsa.
(c) Oba.
(d) Una.

5. Who is the narrator of the story "Yesterday"?
(a) Tanimura.
(b) Tanimura, Kitaru, and Erika.
(c) Kitaru.
(d) Tanimura and Kitaru.

6. What activity does Kafuku love to do, "regardless of the season" (6)?
(a) Swim.
(b) Riding in the back of Oba's pickup truck.
(c) Drive with his convertible's top down.
(d) Eat ice cream.

7. How does Kafuku feel about sitting in the back of his own car once Watari begins to act as his driver?
(a) He finds the view from a different perspective refreshing.
(b) He feels emasculated.
(c) He gets carsick.
(d) He likes to stare at Watari's birthmark.

8. At what type of location do Kitaru, Tanimura, and Kitaru's long-time girlfriend meet for the first time?
(a) A coffee shop.
(b) A beach.
(c) A train station.
(d) A bookstore.

9. What had been Kafuku's original intentions when he had first contacted Takatsuki?
(a) He had wanted to kill Takatsuki.
(b) He had wanted to discover some fatal flaw with which to torture Takatsuki.
(c) He had wanted to serve Takatsuki with a subpoena.
(d) He had wanted to invite Takatsuki to a dinner party.

10. Before their friendship ends, Takatsuki tells Kafuku that it is impossible to take what action?
(a) To escape the reality of human loneliness.
(b) To utter the perfect words in a time of crisis.
(c) To love another as much as one loves the self.
(d) To see into another person's heart with perfect clarity.

11. Kafuku describes his new, as yet unnamed, driver as having "strikingly clear eyes" (7) that look out on the world in what way?
(a) Quietly.
(b) Suspiciously.
(c) Threateningly.
(d) Lovingly.

12. Kafuku thinks upon meeting his new driver that there is something what "about her face" (7)?
(a) Endearing.
(b) Sensual.
(c) Smoldering.
(d) Off-putting.

13. In what play is Kafuku acting at his main theater at the time of the story's narrative?
(a) Uncle Vanya.
(b) Equus.
(c) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.
(d) The Crucible.

14. Kitaru remarks that his parents are constantly nagging him about what element of his behavior?
(a) He has not declared a major.
(b) He does not study enough.
(c) He has not asked his long-time girlfriend to marry him.
(d) He rarely calls home.

15. Oba guesses that Kafuku's future driver is about how old?
(a) In her late teens.
(b) In her early twenties.
(c) In her mid-twenties.
(d) In her mid-thirties.

Short Answer Questions

1. What major is Kitaru's long-term girlfriend pursuing?

2. How long does Tanimura say it had taken him to master the standard Tokyo dialect?

3. Kitaru's ritual when he arrives home involves the singing of the song Yesterday and what other action?

4. Kafuku comes away from his meeting with Oba with the impression that his new driver will be all but which of the following things?

5. Both Kafuku and Misaki Watari agree that the play in which Kafuku is currently acting is decidedly what kind of play?

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