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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Midori's father in the hospital?
(a) He has a brain tumor.
(b) He had a stroke.
(c) He had a heart attack.
(d) He had a kidney transplant.

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

4. What kind of club did Midori join when she entered university?
(a) Folk music.
(b) Drama.
(c) Environmental awareness.
(d) Women's rights.

5. What does Toru receive an invitation to in the spring of 1970?
(a) A cousin's wedding.
(b) Reiko's leaving-the-sanatorium celebration.
(c) His high school reunion.
(d) His uncle's retirement party.

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

7. What color dress does Hatsumi wear to the celebration dinner?
(a) Black.
(b) Forest green.
(c) Midnight blue.
(d) Crimson.

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

9. Which of these is not something Nagasawa offers to give to Toru when he's through with it?
(a) His radio.
(b) His motorcycle.
(c) His television.
(d) His refrigerator.

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

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

12. What does Toru dream of his first night in the girls' apartment?
(a) Playing tennis.
(b) Kizuki's motorcycle.
(c) Snow.
(d) Willows.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what does Midori compare life?

3. Which bird does Naoko joke she wouldn't mind freezing?

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

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

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