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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what reason does Tanimura dislike baths?
(a) He gets bored.
(b) He has a phobia about germs.
(c) He does not like to get wrinkled skin.
(d) He is scared of water.

2. What major is Kitaru's long-term girlfriend pursuing?
(a) Dance.
(b) Environmental Science.
(c) French Literature.
(d) Biology.

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

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

5. In college, Tanimura had worked in what type of establishment with Kitaru?
(a) A bookstore.
(b) A bar.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A coffee shop.

6. What is the last name of Kitaru's long-time girlfriend?
(a) Kuritani.
(b) Hanshin.
(c) Hayaku.
(d) Ashiya.

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

8. What baseball reference does Tanimura use to indicate how far he had gone sexually with his girlfriend before going to college and breaking up with her?
(a) Sliding into second base.
(b) Rounding second base.
(c) Home run.
(d) Rounding third base.

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

10. How often does Kafuku draw "distinctions between men and women in his daily life" (4)?
(a) Seldom.
(b) Constantly.
(c) Frequently.
(d) Often.

11. What had Kafuku's marital state been at the time he bought his new convertible car?
(a) His wife had still been alive.
(b) He had recently been divorced from his wife.
(c) He had recently been married to his wife.
(d) His wife had recently died.

12. At 18, Tanimura had thought that what quality "constitutes who we are as people" (45)?
(a) The food we eat.
(b) The vulnerabilities we display.
(c) The women we love.
(d) The language we speak.

13. What favor does the man who services Kafuku's car do for Kafuku at the beginning of the story?
(a) He recommends a driver to Kafuku.
(b) He lies to Kafuku's wife about where he has been.
(c) He gives him a coupon for twenty percent off his next service.
(d) He gives Kafuku's car a free wash.

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

15. What does Kafuku tell Misaki Watari is "a killer" (36)?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Dishonesty.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) The love of a woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Haruki Murakami uses a simile to indicate Kafuku's level of trust in Oba, what metal does he reference?

2. Tanimura declares that the writer of the song Yesterday had recorded it in the studio with how many other people?

3. What main element do Kitaru and Tanimura have in common?

4. When Kitaru describes feelings as if he is splitting himself in two, he names what two emotions?

5. Oba tells Kafuku that Kafuku's future driver "almost never" (5) takes what action?

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