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

2. Which of these things is not something Toru finds inside his landlord's storage shed?
(a) A table.
(b) A guitar.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A mailbox.

3. What does Toru watch the Sunday he writes to Naoko about Midori's father?
(a) A Little League game.
(b) A free jazz concert in the park.
(c) City workers planting flowers.
(d) Children flying kites.

4. What song does Reiko figure out how to play from hearing it on the radio?
(a) "White Room."
(b) "Spinning Wheel."
(c) "Mrs. Robinson."
(d) "Scarborough Fair."

5. What day of the week does Midori finally call Toru?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Friday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What exercise does Toru do in PE class the day after returning from Ami Hostel?

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

3. Which of these is not something Toru tells Reiko he enjoys doing?

4. What does Midori ask Toru to explain to her as they walk through Ochanomizu Station?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Toru's answer to Hatsumi's question of why he sleeps with random girls when he doesn't find much pleasure in it?

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

4. How does Midori describe her father's funeral?

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

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

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

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

9. Describe Toru's apartment.

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

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