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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2 Chapter 12: Discovered When Shaving ? Discovered When Waking (Pgs. 280-291) | Book 2 Chapter 13: Creta Kano's Story Continued (Pgs. 293-302).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does May Kasahara invite Toru Okada to do the following day in Chapter 5?
(a) Go to church with her.
(b) Sunbathe with her.
(c) Join her administering surveys.
(d) Have lunch with her.

2. What town is Toru Okada in when Kumiko call to tell him she had an abortion?
(a) Osaka.
(b) Takematsu.
(c) Kyoto.
(d) Sapporo.

3. How does Creta Kano explain her lack of clothes in the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) She likes being naked.
(b) She gave them to a homeless woman.
(c) She wants Toru to see her body.
(d) She lost them.

4. In Chapter 11, Toru Okada is surprised to find packaging for what in his waste-basket?
(a) Steak.
(b) Cologne.
(c) A portable phone.
(d) Candles.

5. What tune is the waiter whistling in Toru's Chapter 8 dream?
(a) Rossini's Thieving Magpie.
(b) Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain.
(c) Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf.
(d) Mahler's Resurrection.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what memory of Yanamoto's death does in Lieutenant Mamiya say he will never forget?

2. Why does Toru's uncle suggest he look up Mr. Ichikawa in Chapter 12?

3. According to Toru's uncle in Chapter 13, how did Mr. Miyawaki lose all of his money?

4. Why is Kumiko uncomfortable the first time she has sex with Toru?

5. Why has Toru Okada never met Kumiko's sister?

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