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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Dr. Tokai believes that upon reaching adolescence, all kids become what?
(a) Arrogant.
(b) Closed.
(c) Sex-obsessed.
(d) Rude.

3. What fraction of the women who had broken up with Dr. Tokai in order to marry another man had eventually gotten back in touch with Dr. Tokai?
(a) 1/3.
(b) 2/3.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 3/4.

4. What is the cause of Dr. Tokai's death?
(a) Drug overdose.
(b) Jumping off a bridge.
(c) Drowning.
(d) Self-starvation.

5. While Scheherazade's days coming to see Habara are not fixed, it is specified that she never comes when?
(a) On Fridays.
(b) On weekends.
(c) On holidays.
(d) On weekdays.

6. 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) Expensive.
(c) Impulsive.
(d) Personalized.

7. What method does Dr. Tokai use in order to try to keep himself from falling in love with the married woman?
(a) He imagines her making love to another man.
(b) He says mean things to her.
(c) He imagines that she is ugly.
(d) He mentally lists her negative qualities.

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

9. What kind of doctor is Dr. Tokai?
(a) A plastic surgeon.
(b) A psychologist.
(c) A dentist.
(d) A podiatrist.

10. How many children does the narrator of "An Independent Organ" have?
(a) 3.
(b) 0.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

11. What does Scheherazade always bring to Habara's house when she comes to see him?
(a) Money.
(b) Art supplies.
(c) Groceries.
(d) A massage table.

12. Where do Kino and his female customer go in order to have sex with one another?
(a) To a hotel across the street from the bar.
(b) Downstairs to the bar's basement.
(c) To the female customer's apartment.
(d) Upstairs to Kino's apartment.

13. How does Dr. Tokai say his method had worked in relation to keeping himself from falling in love with the married woman?
(a) Great.
(b) Not so well.
(c) Perfectly.
(d) Just okay.

14. 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) Had a vision of her former life as a different creature.
(b) Took an illegal drug.
(c) Kissed a boy.
(d) Broke into someone's house.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often does Scheherazade come to see Habara?

2. The narrator of "An Independent Organ" says that he had gotten married in what phase of his life?

3. During one of her stories, Scheherazade declares that she had been what creature in a former life?

4. The narrator of "An Independent Organ" states that most of the story's contents come from what source?

5. When Kino finally learns the name of the bald man who always sits in the same spot in his bar, what is it?

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