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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What temporary job does Toru find right after he moves into his apartment?
(a) Moving company worker.
(b) Painter's assistant.
(c) Landscaping assistant.
(d) Cab driver.

2. What winter sport does Reiko think Toru would enjoy?
(a) Cross-country skiing.
(b) Snowshoeing.
(c) Downhill skiing.
(d) Ice hockey.

3. What does Toru watch the Sunday he writes to Naoko about Midori's father?
(a) A free jazz concert in the park.
(b) City workers planting flowers.
(c) Children flying kites.
(d) A Little League game.

4. What kind of animal does Naoko let Toru hold?
(a) A baby chick.
(b) A baby rabbit.
(c) A newborn kitten.
(d) A duckling.

5. What does Toru usually do on Sundays?
(a) Volunteers at a soup kitchen.
(b) Laundry.
(c) Study.
(d) Visit his family.

6. Where does Midori ask Toru to take her the next time they meet?
(a) Miniature golfing.
(b) A porno movie.
(c) A baseball game.
(d) A topless bar.

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

8. What did Midori and her sister get drunk on after their father's funeral?
(a) Red wine.
(b) His brandy.
(c) Sake.
(d) Beer.

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

10. What does Toru give Midori's father that he eats all of?
(a) Jell-O.
(b) Cucumber.
(c) Ice cream.
(d) Rice.

11. What song did a girl ask Toru to play at the record shop at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) "White Room."
(b) "Scarborough Fair."
(c) "Jumpin' Jack Flash."
(d) "Spinning Wheel."

12. What does Naoko say is her favorite time of day?
(a) Morning.
(b) Sunset.
(c) Noontime.
(d) Late at night.

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

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

15. What playwright is Toru studying currently?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Euripides.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Aeschylus.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Toru turn for advice on his relationships with Naoko and Midori?

2. What kind of nuts do Midori and Toru eat at DUG?

3. What does Toru say he likes Midori a lot like?

4. What fruit was Midori's sister supposed to leave for their father but didn't?

5. In what city is Toru, years later, when he is reminded of Hatsumi?

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