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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Both Kafuku and Misaki Watari agree that the play in which Kafuku is currently acting is decidedly what kind of play?
(a) A sad play.
(b) An esoteric play.
(c) A funny play.
(d) A flop play.

4. 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.

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

6. 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) Annoyed.
(c) Grateful.
(d) Lonely.

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

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

9. Tanimura's father had worked in what position during Tanimura's childhood?
(a) Coal miner.
(b) Steel worker.
(c) Data entry professional.
(d) Pharmaceutical company worker.

10. Tanimura accuses Kitaru of taking what action in relation to the song Yesterday?
(a) Butchering it.
(b) Attacking it.
(c) Making fun of it.
(d) Minimizing it.

11. The girlfriend from whom Tanimura parted before college hailed from what location?
(a) Ashiya.
(b) Okinawa.
(c) Kansai.
(d) Shukugawa.

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

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

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

15. Tanimura had wanted to become a new person when he took what action?
(a) When he severed his friendship with Kitaru.
(b) When he went to Tokyo to attend college.
(c) When he went to Kansai to attend college.
(d) When he broke up with his long-time girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Kafuku's marital state been at the time he bought his new convertible car?

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

3. For what period of time does the friendship between Kafuku and Takatsuki last?

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

5. From what location does Tanimura hail?

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