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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has it been since Toru played pool?
(a) Two years and five months.
(b) Two years and ten months.
(c) Three years and two months.
(d) One year and eleven months.

2. What part-time job does Toru take after classes start again?
(a) Answering the phone at an all-night information service.
(b) Waiting tables at an Italian restaurant.
(c) Working as a clerk at a drug store.
(d) Washing cars.

3. What song does Reiko figure out how to play from hearing it on the radio?
(a) "Scarborough Fair."
(b) "Spinning Wheel."
(c) "Mrs. Robinson."
(d) "White Room."

4. What fruit was Midori's sister supposed to leave for their father but didn't?
(a) Kiwi.
(b) Peaches.
(c) Grapes.
(d) Pears.

5. Where do Midori and Toru have lunch the day she decides to talk to him again?
(a) His apartment.
(b) The restaurant where they met.
(c) Her apartment.
(d) A department store restaurant.

6. What author was Midori asked to read when she joined her club?
(a) Rachel Carson.
(b) Gloria Steinem.
(c) Karl Marx.
(d) Constantin Stanislavski.

7. What does Naoko teach at the sanatorium?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Astrology.
(c) Guitar.
(d) Knitting.

8. To whom does Toru turn for advice on his relationships with Naoko and Midori?
(a) Reiko.
(b) Itoh.
(c) Hatsumi.
(d) Nagasawa.

9. What is the name of the old dog Toru, Reiko, and Naoko meet on their hike?
(a) Lassie.
(b) Dog.
(c) Pepe.
(d) Tiger.

10. What does Toru name his cat?
(a) Cottonball.
(b) Mouse.
(c) Fluffy.
(d) Seagull.

11. About which composer is Itoh especially knowledgeable?
(a) Mozart.
(b) Beethoven.
(c) Vivaldi.
(d) Bach.

12. What did Reiko ask her husband for when she woke up after attempting suicide?
(a) To move to Australia.
(b) A puppy.
(c) A divorce.
(d) A baby.

13. On what does Toru cut his hand at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) A nail that is sticking out of a wall.
(b) A broken record at the store.
(c) A knife in the dining hall.
(d) A broken glass shelf.

14. Which of these things is not something Toru finds inside his landlord's storage shed?
(a) A guitar.
(b) A table.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A mailbox.

15. How many dates did Reiko and her husband have before he proposed?
(a) Five.
(b) One.
(c) None.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times was Reiko hospitalized before coming to Ami Hotel?

2. What does Toru watch the Sunday he writes to Naoko about Midori's father?

3. What winter sport does Reiko think Toru would enjoy?

4. What language is Nagasawa teaching himself in Chapter 8?

5. How did Naoko's uncle commit suicide?

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