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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. How long did Toru live in a dormitory?
(a) One year.
(b) Four years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six months.

2. What makes a crunching noise under Naoko and Toru's feet?
(a) Seashells.
(b) Dead cicadas.
(c) Fallen leaves.
(d) Acorns.

3. Which of these things is not something the patients at Ami Hostel do in the evenings?
(a) Knit.
(b) Read.
(c) Listen to records.
(d) Watch television.

4. When Toru tries to call Midori, where is he told she probably is?
(a) At the hospital.
(b) At school.
(c) On a date.
(d) At the fish store.

5. What is waiting for Toru at his dorm?
(a) A message from Midori.
(b) A letter from Naoko.
(c) A letter from Storm Trooper.
(d) A package from home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of flowers does Toru take to Midori?

2. What does Midori's family do?

3. What movie does Toru go to see by himself?

4. What did Naoko give Toru for Christmas in 1968?

5. Why is one of the girls Toru meets going to Nagano?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Toru's dorm room different from most of the others?

2. How did Toru become friends with Nagasawa?

3. How do Toru's living arrangements change after summer break?

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

5. Describe Toru's roommate.

6. How did Toru first meet Naoko?

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 did Toru and Naoko celebrate her twentieth birthday?

9. How does Midori feel about her father?

10. Describe Area C.

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