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

2. What does Malta Kano assure Toru Okada that he will find at the end of their meeting?
(a) His tie.
(b) His cat.
(c) A job.
(d) A new house.

3. When dis Koru and Kumiko Okada stop taking to Kumiko's parents?
(a) After Koru quit his job.
(b) After Koru had a fight with her father.
(c) After Noburu Wataya began chieving success.
(d) After Kumiko's sister died.

4. 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.

5. Why does Mamiya say he is no longer afraid of dying?
(a) His life is an empty shell.
(b) He has seen far worse deaths than his can ever be.
(c) Honda has told him the manner and time of his death.
(d) He has lived a full life.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many years after Kumiko and Toru are married does she become unexpectedly pregnant?

4. What remembrance from the dead Honda does Lieutenant Mamiya give Toru Okada at the end of Chapter 13?

5. What era does Creta Kano's style of dress remind Toru Okada of?

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