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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After what event does Habara's support liaison always tell him a story?
(a) Dinner.
(b) Lunch.
(c) A kiss.
(d) Sex.

2. The narrator states that Dr. Tokai had always kept his distance from women who expressed interest in what?
(a) Politics.
(b) A permanent mate.
(c) The world.
(d) Money.

3. About the same time as the bar's unofficial mascot disappears, what other types of creatures does Kino start to see outside of his bar?
(a) Apheds.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Snails.
(d) Snakes.

4. Most of Dr. Tokai's friends are said to be what?
(a) Married with children.
(b) Single.
(c) Married without children.
(d) Women.

5. 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?
(a) Brought.
(b) Transported.
(c) Moved.
(d) Led.

6. When Dr. Tokai finally falls in love, it is with a woman of what age?
(a) 3 years his junior.
(b) His age.
(c) 16 years his junior.
(d) 16 years his senior.

7. What is NOT listed among Dr. Tokai's favorite pleasures when it comes to spending time with women?
(a) Drinking wine with the women.
(b) Having sex with the women.
(c) Having dinner with the women.
(d) Talking with the women.

8. According to the narrator, for how many years has Dr. Tokai been performing the same romance rituals?
(a) 10.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 40.

9. What kind of blemishes does Kino's female customer reveal to him the night they have sex?
(a) Boils.
(b) Birthmarks.
(c) Rashes.
(d) Cigarette burn scars.

10. What word does the narrator use to describe Dr. Tokai's sense of humor?
(a) Airy.
(b) Straightforward.
(c) Wry.
(d) Cruel.

11. At what point in her life does Scheherazade say she had realized her former status as a particular creature?
(a) During junior high school.
(b) During college.
(c) During elementary school.
(d) During high school.

12. For what reason does Kino quit his job in the sporting goods industry?
(a) He discovers that his wife has been having an affair with his best friend at the company.
(b) He wants to get out of the sporting goods business.
(c) He asks for a raise and does not get it.
(d) He is in love with a colleague and does not want to be unfaithful to his wife.

13. For how many years had Kino worked as a sports equipment maker before buying the establishment at the center of the story?
(a) 20.
(b) 17.
(c) 4.
(d) 10.

14. What adjective is used to describe the wedding presents Dr. Tokai buys for his paramours when they get married to another man?
(a) Cursory.
(b) Personalized.
(c) Impulsive.
(d) Expensive.

15. Dr. Tokai's girlfriends always display which quality?
(a) They are always rich.
(b) They are always thin.
(c) They are always married or have steady boyfriends.
(d) They are always models.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dr. Tokai say his method had worked in relation to keeping himself from falling in love with the married woman?

2. For how long had Dr. Tokai been seeing the married woman before he had fallen in love with her?

3. Within the narrator's present-tense description of Dr. Tokai, what is NOT a characteristic the narrator lists?

4. What action had Dr. Tokai always taken when a woman had broken up with him so that she could marry her other boyfriend?

5. Kamita gives Kino what explicit advice as Kino sets off on his long journey?

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