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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 did Midori's mother die?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Brain cancer.
(c) Car accident.
(d) Kidney failure.

2. What did Toru take to Naoko for her birthday?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Wine.
(d) A cake.

3. How long has Naoko been at Ami Hostel?
(a) Four months.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Nine months.

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

5. What does Reiko teach?
(a) Music.
(b) Astronomy.
(c) Gardening.
(d) Nutrition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous author's opinion on gambling does Nagasawa quote to Toru?

2. What does Naoko think would happen if you fell into the hidden well?

3. What shape is Naoko's barrette?

4. What word does Naoko call "a man's word"?

5. Why was Naoko on the train the day she ran into Toru?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Naoko say it would be wrong for her to stay with Toru all the time?

3. How does Naoko describe her basketball team?

4. What does Nagasawa tell Toru are his reasons for wanting to join the Foreign Ministry?

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

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

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

8. Describe Toru's roommate.

9. Describe Area C.

10. How did Toru first meet Naoko?

(see the answer keys)

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