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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Naoko say would be "wrong"?
(a) For one person to watch over another forever.
(b) For two people who don't love one another to get married.
(c) For a person to make a promise s/he cannot keep.
(d) For them to keep any secrets from one another.

2. What was Nagasawa's major?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Legal studies.
(d) Japanese literature.

3. Which of these was not one of Nagasawa's favorite authors?
(a) Dante.
(b) Updike.
(c) Balzac.
(d) Dickens.

4. What was the nickname of the man in charge of raising the flag at the dormitory?
(a) Uniform.
(b) Sir Nakano.
(c) Mr. Flag.
(d) Storm Trooper.

5. Why is one of the girls Toru meets going to Nagano?
(a) To attend her grandfather's funeral.
(b) To meet her brand-new nephew.
(c) To attend her brother's wedding.
(d) To see her boyfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Into what city is the narrator's plane flying at the beginning of the novel?

2. What was Toru's roommate's nickname?

3. What do Midori and Toru watch from the roof of her house?

4. When Toru tries to call Midori, where is he told she probably is?

5. What is the title of the song Midori wrote herself?

(see the answer key)

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