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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 pizza do Midori and Toru have?

2. What playwright is Toru studying currently?

3. What did Reiko ask her husband for when she woke up after attempting suicide?

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

5. Which of these things is not something Toru finds inside his landlord's storage shed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What purpose does Toru discover for the flag?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Toru falls in love with two girls: Midori and Naoko. Compare and contrast these two characters.

Essay Topic 2

One of the themes Murakami develops throughout "Norwegian Wood" is the idea of a connection between the mind and the body. Choose two characters and discuss how that connection or disconnection is exhibited in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the physical, emotional, and metaphorical journey that Toru takes when he visits Naoko at the sanatorium and the effect it has on his character and his relationship with Naoko.

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