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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kafuku tell Misaki Watari after stating that he has wanted to tell her for a while?
(a) That there is something truly maddening about her.
(b) That there is something very off-putting about her.
(c) That there is something very sensual about her.
(d) That there is something very attractive about her.

2. Tanimura describes Kitaru as looking like a "sensitive, well-brought-up city boy" (50) until he takes what action?
(a) Opens his mouth.
(b) Stabs a friend in the back.
(c) Starts to walk.
(d) Puts on unfashionable clothing.

3. When Kitaru describes feelings as if he is splitting himself in two, he names what two emotions?
(a) Sadness and excitement.
(b) Worry and relief.
(c) Curiosity and depression.
(d) Elation and apprehension.

4. The title of the story "Yesterday" is an allusion to a song by what band?
(a) The Hives.
(b) The Beatles.
(c) The Misfits.
(d) The Rolling Stones.

5. 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) Grateful.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Sad.
(d) Annoyed.

6. Kafuku's new driver is described as having ears like what objects?
(a) Satellite dishes.
(b) Ginger roots.
(c) Kites.
(d) Pancakes.

7. When Haruki Murakami uses a simile to indicate Kafuku's level of trust in Oba, what metal does he reference?
(a) Gold.
(b) Tin.
(c) Copper.
(d) Silver.

8. In what kind of establishment do Kafuku and Takatsuki always meet?
(a) A library.
(b) Kafuku's office.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A bar.

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

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

11. What emotion does Kitaru's long-time girlfriend feel about her boyfriend's suggestion that Tanimura take her out on a date?
(a) Pride.
(b) Anger.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Curiosity.

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

13. When Tanimura goes away to college, he remarks that everything in his life until then has been what?
(a) Boring.
(b) Embarrassing.
(c) Depressing.
(d) Inane.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What make is Kafuku's car?

2. What other fact is included alongside the narrator's statement that Kitaru had failed his college entrance exams twice?

3. From what location does Tanimura hail?

4. What favor does the man who services Kafuku's car do for Kafuku at the beginning of the story?

5. Kafuku thinks upon meeting his new driver that there is something what "about her face" (7)?

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