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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who coordinates Dr. Tokai's personal calendar?
(a) Dr. Tokai's mother.
(b) Dr. Tokai's female secretary.
(c) Dr. Tokai's male secretary.
(d) The unnamed narrator of the story.

2. What kind of animal takes up residence in Kino's bar after he opens it but before other customers start to arrive?
(a) A snake.
(b) A mouse.
(c) A cat.
(d) A dog.

3. When Kino finally learns the name of the bald man who always sits in the same spot in his bar, what is it?
(a) Jericho.
(b) Kami.
(c) Kamita.
(d) Kanda.

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

5. To what work is Habara alluding when he decides to refer privately to his support liaison as Scheherazade?
(a) One Hundred Years of Solitude.
(b) Robinson Crusoe.
(c) Catch-22.
(d) One Thousand and One Nights.

6. How many years older than Habara is Scheherazade?
(a) 3.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 12.

7. For how long had Dr. Tokai been seeing the married woman before he had fallen in love with her?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 1 1/2 years.

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

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

10. What action had Dr. Tokai always taken when a woman had broken up with him so that she could marry her other boyfriend?
(a) He had attended her wedding.
(b) He had burned her photograph in his fireplace.
(c) He had kissed her once on the forehead.
(d) He had bought her an expensive wedding present.

11. What does Habara name as something his support liaison, whom he calls Scheherazade, never says out loud?
(a) Her own wishes.
(b) Her age.
(c) His name.
(d) The number of children she has.

12. What objects had been on Habara's bedside table upon his arrival at the house north of Tokyo?
(a) Coins.
(b) Condoms.
(c) X-rays.
(d) Bottles of liquor.

13. Within one of Scheherazade's stories, she confides in Habara that she had been a high school junior when she first took what action?
(a) Took an illegal drug.
(b) Broke into someone's house.
(c) Kissed a boy.
(d) Had a vision of her former life as a different creature.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The protagonist of the story "Kino" owns what type of establishment?

2. How had Dr. Tokai acquired his medical practice?

3. The narrator of "An Independent Organ" states that Dr. Tokai had never "found it odd" (84) to have how many girlfriends at once?

4. To Habara's amazement, Scheherazade tells him that she can recall what phase of her life?

5. Most of Dr. Tokai's friends are said to be what?

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