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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other fact is included alongside the narrator's statement that Kitaru had failed his college entrance exams twice?
(a) Kitaru had never studied for the exams.
(b) Kitaru had hired an ineffective tutor.
(c) Kitaru had never wanted to attend college.
(d) Kitaru had been ill for a long period of time before exams.

2. What major is Kitaru's long-term girlfriend pursuing?
(a) Environmental Science.
(b) Biology.
(c) Dance.
(d) French Literature.

3. For what reason does Tanimura dislike baths?
(a) He is scared of water.
(b) He gets bored.
(c) He does not like to get wrinkled skin.
(d) He has a phobia about germs.

4. When Kitaru describes feelings as if he is splitting himself in two, he names what two emotions?
(a) Sadness and excitement.
(b) Elation and apprehension.
(c) Curiosity and depression.
(d) Worry and relief.

5. What had been Kafuku's original intentions when he had first contacted Takatsuki?
(a) He had wanted to serve Takatsuki with a subpoena.
(b) He had wanted to kill Takatsuki.
(c) He had wanted to invite Takatsuki to a dinner party.
(d) He had wanted to discover some fatal flaw with which to torture Takatsuki.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Kafuku's marital state been at the time he bought his new convertible car?

2. At 18, Tanimura had thought that what quality "constitutes who we are as people" (45)?

3. Tanimura declares that the writer of the song Yesterday had recorded it in the studio with how many other people?

4. Who is the narrator of the story "Yesterday"?

5. Tanimura describes college to Kitaru using which single word?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kitaru justify to Tanimura his butchering of the lyrics to the Beatles' song Yesterday?

2. Describe Misaki Watari's appearance.

3. How does Tanimura characterize the Kansai dialect spoken by his friend Kitaru?

4. Discuss Kafuku's history with his beloved Saab.

5. How does Kafuku feel about Misaki Watari's tendency to remain quiet as she drives?

6. Discuss Murakami's use of Tanimura and Kitaru as character foils for one another.

7. What evidence does Kafuku give for his claim that Misaki Watari is an "excellent driver" (9)?

8. How do Tanimura and Kitaru first meet?

9. Which of Misaki Watari's qualities make her a perfect fit for her role as Kafuku's personal driver?

10. For what reason does Kitaru feel a measure of relief about failing his exams?

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