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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What phrase does Dr. Tokai use to describe what his friends all tell him about parenting?
(a) Mirage in the desert.
(b) Sales pitch.
(c) Smoke screen.
(d) Wishful thinking.

2. The day after Kino and his female customer have sex, what time does Kino awake to find the woman gone?
(a) Nearly ten in the morning.
(b) Nearly three in the afternoon.
(c) Nearly six in the morning.
(d) Nearly noon.

3. The first line of the story Scheherazade uses what two adjectives to describe the stories Habara's "support liaison" (121) tells him?
(a) Boring and pointless.
(b) Powerful and haunting.
(c) Strange and gripping.
(d) Beautiful and somber.

4. 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) Snails.
(b) Apheds.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Rabbits.

5. The narrator of "An Independent Organ" describes his own marital status in what way?
(a) Divorced.
(b) Married.
(c) Married with reservations.
(d) Single.

6. To thank his personal scheduler, Dr. Tokai takes what action frequently?
(a) He gives an annual bonus.
(b) He gives gifts.
(c) He provides invitations to lunch.
(d) He gives compliments.

7. The narrator begins the story "An Independent Organ" by announcing that Dr. Tokai had lived what type of life?
(a) Monotonous.
(b) Deceptive.
(c) Ersatz.
(d) Artificial.

8. How often does Scheherazade come to see Habara?
(a) Twice a week.
(b) Once a week.
(c) Every day.
(d) Twice a month.

9. The ceiling overhead the bald man when he sits at his favorite and only spot in Kino's establishment has what characteristics?
(a) It is slanted and low.
(b) It is covered in vines.
(c) It is yellow and glaring.
(d) It is high and sterile.

10. Once the bald man starts coming regularly to Kino's establishment, how often does he come?
(a) Once, or at most, twice per month.
(b) Once, or at most, twice per week.
(c) Twice, or at most three, times per week.
(d) Twice, or at most, three times a month.

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

12. In college, Kino had been a "standout" (148) in what sport?
(a) Middle-distance running.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Diving.
(d) Squash.

13. How had Dr. Tokai acquired his medical practice?
(a) He had begun as an apprentice and had worked his way up to owner.
(b) He had purchased it himself.
(c) He had inherited it from his father.
(d) He had inherited it from his grandfather.

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

15. When Kino first sees the bald man come into his establishment, he pegs him as a what?
(a) A yakuza.
(b) A businessman.
(c) A racist.
(d) A taxi driver.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who coordinates Dr. Tokai's personal calendar?

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. After what event does Habara's support liaison always tell him a story?

5. What type of literary device is used within Kino's wife's declaration that there had been something wrong between her and Kino from the start, "as if [they'd] done the buttons up wrong" (168)?

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