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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object does Dr. Tokai instruct to be given to the narrator upon Dr. Tokai's death?
(a) A clock.
(b) A lightbulb.
(c) A squash racket.
(d) A picnic basket.

2. Dr. Tokai tells the narrator that a gentleman does not talk about the women he sleeps with nor about what other subject?
(a) Taxes.
(b) Politics.
(c) Morality.
(d) Religion.

3. The narrator of "An Independent Organ" states that Dr. Tokai had never "found it odd" (84) to have how many girlfriends at once?
(a) 2 or 3.
(b) Several.
(c) 6 or 8.
(d) 1 or 2.

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

5. The female customer who frequents Kino's bar collects what type of records?
(a) Psychedelic rock.
(b) Classic rock.
(c) Classical.
(d) Jazz.

6. 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) 3/4.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 2/3.

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 imagines that she is ugly.
(c) He mentally lists her negative qualities.
(d) He says mean things to her.

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

9. The narrator of "An Independent Organ" states that most of the story's contents come from what source?
(a) A series of recorded interviews with Dr. Tokai.
(b) Dr. Tokai's comments to the narrator.
(c) Comments to the narrator from people close to Dr. Tokai.
(d) The narrator's pure conjecture.

10. 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.

11. 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 inherited it from his grandfather.
(c) He had purchased it himself.
(d) He had inherited it from his father.

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

13. 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 high and sterile.
(b) It is covered in vines.
(c) It is yellow and glaring.
(d) It is slanted and low.

14. When Kino and his ex-wife meet once their divorce is finalized, what does Kino's wife say she has been wanting to tell Kino?
(a) That she is pregnant with Kino's child.
(b) That she wants to resume their relationship.
(c) That she is sorry for cheating on him.
(d) That she is engaged.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Once the bald man starts coming regularly to Kino's establishment, how often does he come?

2. 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?

3. What does Habara name as something his support liaison, whom he calls Scheherazade, never says out loud?

4. The first line of the story Scheherazade uses what two adjectives to describe the stories Habara's "support liaison" (121) tells him?

5. What does Scheherazade always bring to Habara's house when she comes to see him?

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