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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of animal does Naoko let Toru hold?

2. What kind of club did Midori join when she entered university?

3. What part-time job does Toru take after classes start again?

4. How long did Reiko teach the young girl?

5. What does Toru dream of his first night in the girls' apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Hatsumi learn to play pool?

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

3. What does Toru usually do on Sundays?

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What purpose does Toru discover for the flag?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the beginning of the novel, Toru says that from Kizuki's death he learned that death is not separate from but part of life. How is this philosophy carried out through the rest of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how the story of the field well at the beginning of the novel represents the future of Toru and Naoko's relationship and why he might have placed it so early in the story.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Murakami's use of music to develop his story.

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