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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Naoko's sister commit suicide?
(a) Carbon monoxide poisoning.
(b) Drug overdose.
(c) Jumped in front of a train.
(d) Hanged herself.

2. What did Toru and Itoh drink at Itoh's apartment?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Chivas Regal.
(c) Sake.
(d) Beer.

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

4. What is stored in the shed where Reiko and Toru talk the night before he leaves?
(a) Holiday decorations.
(b) Paint and building maintenance equipment.
(c) Winter sports equipment.
(d) Lawn and garden maintenance equipment.

5. What do we learn happens to Hatsumi?
(a) She commits suicide.
(b) She becomes a famous novelist.
(c) She is killed in a car accident the day after her pool game with Toru.
(d) She marries Nagasawa.

6. What does Midori ask Toru to explain to her as they walk through Ochanomizu Station?
(a) The nature vs. nurture debate.
(b) The subjunctive case.
(c) The Pythagorean theorem.
(d) Gravity.

7. How does Toru tell Hatsumi that Kizuki died?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Traffic accident.
(c) House fire.
(d) Suicide.

8. What kind of calendar hangs over Midori's desk?
(a) The Beatles.
(b) Photographs of famous landscapes.
(c) Snoopy.
(d) Hello Kitty.

9. What object does Toru tell Naoko triggered memories of Kizumi at the pool hall?
(a) The jukebox.
(b) The feel of the felt.
(c) The Pepsi machine.
(d) The pool cues.

10. What day of the week does Midori finally call Toru?
(a) Monday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Sunday.

11. What station does Midori's father mention to Toru?
(a) Ueno.
(b) Ochanomizu.
(c) Fukushima.
(d) Shinjuku.

12. What is Reiko most worried about while she is with the piano student on the bed?
(a) Her husband walking in.
(b) That she isn't pretty enough.
(c) Her daughter walking in.
(d) The girl's parents finding out.

13. What cocktail is Midori drinking when Toru arrives at DUG?
(a) Whiskey sour.
(b) Tom Collins.
(c) Fuzzy navel.
(d) Cape Codder.

14. Which bird does Naoko joke she wouldn't mind freezing?
(a) A chicken.
(b) A turkey.
(c) A parrot.
(d) A peacock.

15. What does Reiko go to pick up at Oka's?
(a) Grapes.
(b) Strawberries.
(c) Wine.
(d) A book.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Midori and Toru have lunch the day she decides to talk to him again?

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

3. Who taught Hatsumi to play pool?

4. Which of these is not something Nagasawa offers to give to Toru when he's through with it?

5. Which of these is not something Toru tells Reiko he enjoys doing?

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