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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Toru's roommate's major?
(a) Physics.
(b) Ethnology.
(c) Geography.
(d) Drama.

2. Why was Toru on the train the day he ran into Naoko?
(a) To visit a museum.
(b) To go see a movie.
(c) To go to a bookstore.
(d) To visit a friend from high school.

3. Why is one of the girls Toru meets going to Nagano?
(a) To meet her brand-new nephew.
(b) To attend her grandfather's funeral.
(c) To attend her brother's wedding.
(d) To see her boyfriend.

4. What other living thing did Toru and Naoko see that day in the meadow?
(a) A dog running across a field.
(b) Horses grazing.
(c) An old farmer and his wife.
(d) Bright red birds.

5. What is the first thing Dr. Ishida asks Toru about?
(a) If he takes any drugs.
(b) How long it's been since he's seen Naoko.
(c) How his journey was.
(d) Playing a musical instrument.

Short Answer Questions

1. What classical musician's compositions does Reiko practice on her guitar?

2. What does Reiko teach?

3. What book was Toru reading the night he went to the movies alone?

4. What makes a crunching noise under Naoko and Toru's feet?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Toru feel about joining Nagasawa's womanizing expeditions?

2. Why didn't Midori like her high school?

3. What did Naoko tell Toru in the letter she sent him in July 1969?

4. Why does Naoko get angry at Toru in the meadow?

5. Describe Nagasawa.

6. Why is Naoko's roommate referred to as "Dr. Ishida"?

7. What causes the narrator to feel dizzy in the opening scene of the novel?

8. How did Ami Hostel come into existence?

9. What was the morning ceremony at the dormitory where Toru lived as a college student?

10. How does Naoko describe the conditions in which she writes her letter to Toru?

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