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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what station did Toru and Naoko get off the train together?
(a) Kanda.
(b) Komagome.
(c) Shinjuku.
(d) Yotsuya.

2. What was Naoko talking about in the meadow?
(a) A wishing well.
(b) A whirlpool well.
(c) A field well.
(d) A meadow well.

3. What does Toru have for lunch in the dining hall?
(a) Chicken dumplings.
(b) Broiled fish.
(c) Miso soup.
(d) Potato stew.

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

5. How old did Naoko turn on her birthday in April, 1969?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Twenty-one.
(d) Nineteen.

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

7. What famous author's opinion on gambling does Nagasawa quote to Toru?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Dostoyevsky.
(c) Fitzgerald.
(d) Twain.

8. What book was Toru reading the night he went to the movies alone?
(a) "The Magic Mountain."
(b) "The Catcher in the Rye."
(c) "The Great Gatsby."
(d) "The Grapes of Wrath."

9. How old is the narrator at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Thirty-seven.
(b) Thirty-two.
(c) Twenty-eight.
(d) Forty.

10. What did Toru take to Naoko for her birthday?
(a) Dinner.
(b) Wine.
(c) Flowers.
(d) A cake.

11. What does Midori's family do?
(a) Her father owns a veterinary clinic.
(b) They are farmers.
(c) Her parents are teachers.
(d) They run a bookstore.

12. What does Toru say that angers Naoko?
(a) "Give it some time."
(b) "I need you."
(c) "I'm sorry."
(d) "Relax your body."

13. What class does Toru have with Midori?
(a) Shakespeare in Performance.
(b) Early Japanese Poetry.
(c) Psychology.
(d) History of Drama.

14. In what month was Toru's birthday?
(a) November.
(b) January.
(c) September.
(d) July.

15. What do Midori and Toru watch from the roof of her house?
(a) A parade.
(b) Fireworks.
(c) A fire.
(d) A meteor shower.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these sports does Naoko play with other patients and staff?

2. What strange thing did Nagasawa once eat to end a feud between freshmen and upperclassmen?

3. What was Toru's roommate's major?

4. What exam does Toru have coming up later in the week?

5. What does Reiko teach?

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