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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 Beatles song has Naoko agreed to pay Reiko for when she requests it?
(a) "Michelle."
(b) "Julia."
(c) "Nowhere Man."
(d) "Norwegian Wood."

2. What was Nagasawa's major?
(a) Japanese literature.
(b) Legal studies.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Medicine.

3. What do Midori and Toru watch from the roof of her house?
(a) A fire.
(b) A meteor shower.
(c) A parade.
(d) Fireworks.

4. What did Naoko give Toru for Christmas in 1968?
(a) Handmade gloves.
(b) A Beatles record.
(c) Theater tickets.
(d) A hat.

5. What does Toru say that angers Naoko?
(a) "Relax your body."
(b) "I'm sorry."
(c) "Give it some time."
(d) "I need you."

Short Answer Questions

1. How many patients are at Ami Hostel?

2. What picture hung on the wall in Toru's dorm room?

3. What does Reiko teach?

4. What could Toru hear in the distance while he and Naoko were in the meadow?

5. What did Toru drink as he read the letter for the third time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Storm Trooper affect Toru and Naoko's plans in January 1969?

3. How did Naoko and Toru spend their afternoon together after meeting on the train?

4. How did Ami Hostel come into existence?

5. Describe Toru's roommate.

6. What sorts of things do Naoko and her fellow patients do for entertainment at the hostel?

7. Why does the narrator, Toru, say that memory is such a funny thing as he describes the scene he remembers from the meadow?

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

9. How did Toru and Naoko celebrate her twentieth birthday?

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

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