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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 kind of calendar hangs over Midori's desk?
(a) Hello Kitty.
(b) The Beatles.
(c) Snoopy.
(d) Photographs of famous landscapes.

2. What winter sport does Reiko think Toru would enjoy?
(a) Cross-country skiing.
(b) Snowshoeing.
(c) Ice hockey.
(d) Downhill skiing.

3. Which of these is not something Nagasawa offers to give to Toru when he's through with it?
(a) His motorcycle.
(b) His refrigerator.
(c) His television.
(d) His radio.

4. Where does Midori ask Toru to take her the next time they meet?
(a) Miniature golfing.
(b) A topless bar.
(c) A porno movie.
(d) A baseball game.

5. What does Toru receive an invitation to in the spring of 1970?
(a) His high school reunion.
(b) A cousin's wedding.
(c) Reiko's leaving-the-sanatorium celebration.
(d) His uncle's retirement party.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Toru tell Hatsumi that Kizuki died?

2. What is Reiko most worried about while she is with the piano student on the bed?

3. Where do Midori and Toru have lunch the day she decides to talk to him again?

4. On what does Toru cut his hand at the beginning of Chapter 8?

5. What color dress does Hatsumi wear to the celebration dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Toru learn about Naoko from Reiko's letters?

2. What is Toru's explanation about the importance of the subjunctive tense?

3. What does Toru usually do on Sundays?

4. What happens the first time Toru sees Nagasawa after the celebration dinner?

5. What happened to precipitate Reiko's first mental breakdown?

6. What have Midori and her sister decided to do with the bookstore?

7. What is Midori's theory about Toru's girlfriend?

8. How does Nagasawa think he and Toru are alike?

9. What happened to Reiko's marriage?

10. What kind of student was the young girl Reiko taught?

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