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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2 Chapter 6: Inheriting Property ? Inquiry on Jellyfish ? Something Like a Sense of Detachment (Pgs. 222-230) | Book 2 Chapter 7: Recollections and Dialogue on Pregnancy ? Empirical Inquiry on Pain (Pgs. 230-240) | Book 2 Chapter 8: The Root of Desire ? In Room 208 ? Passing Through the Wall (Pgs. 241-247).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Toru Okada cooking when he first receives a call from the mysterious woman in Chapter 1?
(a) Hot oatmeal.
(b) Baked Chicken.
(c) Spaghetti.
(d) Stir fry.

2. What does Malta Kano do on her international travels?
(a) Sample water.
(b) Attend conferences.
(c) Give public demonstrations of her abilities.
(d) Make psychic house calls.

3. What remembrance from the dead Honda does Lieutenant Mamiya give Toru Okada at the end of Chapter 13?
(a) A bayonet.
(b) A pair of spectacles.
(c) An empty box.
(d) A war medal.

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

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) Mahler's Resurrection.
(d) Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who saves Lieutenant Mamiya from the dry well where the Mongolian soldiers leave him?

2. In a reminiscence in Chapter 9, why does Kumiko refuse to speak to Toru Okada for three days?

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

4. Who is the prophesied caller beginning with "O" that calls Toru Okada in Chapter 1?

5. Why does Mamiya say he is no longer afraid of dying?

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