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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 political party does Yoshitaka Wataya belong to?
(a) The conservatives.
(b) The labor.
(c) The reformists.
(d) The libertarians.

2. How did May Kasahara cause her boyfriend's death?
(a) She ran him over with a car.
(b) She stabbed him with a fake sword.
(c) She covered his eyes on a motorcycle.
(d) She pushed him over a bridge guardrail.

3. What personal question does Toru Okada ask Kumiko in their internet chat in Chapter 22?
(a) What did he cook their last night together?
(b) What is Noboru Wataya's secret?
(c) What did she find fascinating at the aquarium?
(d) What do they call the bird outside their window?

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

5. What changes about the style of writing in Chapter 3?
(a) It changes to a third-person point of view.
(b) It is presented as a newspaper article.
(c) It switches from prose to poetry.
(d) It changes to French.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does May Kasahara find herself doing often after the suicides at the Miyawaki house?

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

3. For much of Chapter 6, Nutmeg goes shopping with Toru for what?

4. What does Toru do in Chapter 29 when he tires of going to the well?

5. What does Toru want to know about Noboru Wataya in Chapter 15?

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