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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 part-time job does Toru take after classes start again?
(a) Washing cars.
(b) Waiting tables at an Italian restaurant.
(c) Answering the phone at an all-night information service.
(d) Working as a clerk at a drug store.

2. What is the title of the novel Toru reads while Midori is sleeping?
(a) "The Magic Mountain."
(b) "Beneath the Wheel."
(c) "The Great Gatsby."
(d) "Catcher in the Rye."

3. Why is Midori's father in the hospital?
(a) He has a brain tumor.
(b) He had a heart attack.
(c) He had a stroke.
(d) He had a kidney transplant.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Toru order for dinner at the French restaurant?

2. What did Toru and Itoh drink at Itoh's apartment?

3. What does Reiko go to pick up at Oka's?

4. How did Naoko's sister commit suicide?

5. The day Reiko's students felt sick, what did she ask Reiko for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where did Hatsumi learn to play pool?

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

4. How does Toru get Midori's father to eat?

5. How does Toru's second visit to the Ami Hostel go?

6. What happens in the middle of the night the first night Toru is in the women's apartment that is unusual?

7. What is Reiko's advice for Toru regarding Midori?

8. What happens in the middle of the night on Toru's second night in the women's apartment?

9. What purpose does Toru discover for the flag?

10. What was Reiko's courtship with her husband like?

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