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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 does Naoko teach at the sanatorium?

2. What is the title of the novel Toru reads while Midori is sleeping?

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

4. What song does Reiko figure out how to play from hearing it on the radio?

5. What kind of store does someone want to open in what is the Kobayashi Bookstore?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Naoko and Reiko's first morning job?

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

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

4. What is Toru's opinion about Nagasawa and Hatsumi's relationship?

5. What does Toru usually do on Sundays?

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

7. Describe Toru's apartment.

8. What purpose does Toru discover for the flag?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using several examples, discuss how Murakami uses the recurring motif of a group of three characters throughout the novel to develop Toru's character.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

In "Norwegian Wood," Murakami depicts life and death as being on a continuum. Explain how the author uses the characters to develop this concept throughout the novel.

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