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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3 Chapter 28: You Just Can't Trust a House (May Kasahara's Point of View: 5) (Pgs. 528-531) | Book 3 Chapter 29: A Vacant House is Born (Pgs. 532-533).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the shorter of the two men in Chapter 3 do while the protagonist watches?
(a) He kills the taller man.
(b) He climbs a tree.
(c) He pees in the woods.
(d) He digs a hole.

2. Who chooses the pseudonyms Nutmeg and Cinnamon?
(a) Nutmeg.
(b) Cinnamon.
(c) Toru.
(d) Noboru Wataya.

3. Where do Kumiko and Toru Okada meet for their first date?
(a) A coffee shop.
(b) An aquarium.
(c) A mall.
(d) A theatre.

4. What career advice does Toru Okada recall Mr. Honda giving in Chapter 4?
(a) He should ask for a raise.
(b) He should quit law.
(c) He should become a public defender.
(d) He should start showing up late to work.

5. In Chapter 14, Creta Kano states that she now considers her physically numb state from before she met Noboru Wataya to be what?
(a) A deluded state.
(b) A perfect state.
(c) A transitional state.
(d) A dream state.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what comes and goes from the "hanging house" with odd regularity?

2. What is the first order that the Lieutenant gives the prisoners upon arriving at the zoo?

3. What color is the mark that Toru discovers on his cheek in Chapter 12?

4. In Chapter 2, what does Toru Okada tell the woman on the street he needs?

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

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