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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 many years have passed since the day in the meadow?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Twenty-three.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Seven.

2. What does Toru have for lunch in the dining hall?
(a) Chicken dumplings.
(b) Potato stew.
(c) Broiled fish.
(d) Miso soup.

3. What does Toru say was Nagasawa's greatest virtue?
(a) His intelligence.
(b) His kindness.
(c) His generosity.
(d) His honesty.

4. How old is the narrator at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Twenty-eight.
(b) Forty.
(c) Thirty-two.
(d) Thirty-seven.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What snack did Toru and Naoko have after their long walk?

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

3. In what color envelope was Naoko's letter sent?

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

5. What Beatles song has Naoko agreed to pay Reiko for when she requests it?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Toru first meet Naoko?

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

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

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

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

7. How did Toru become friends with Nagasawa?

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

9. How did Ami Hostel come into existence?

10. How does Toru spend the summer break?

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