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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. Who saves Lieutenant Mamiya from the dry well where the Mongolian soldiers leave him?
(a) Honda.
(b) Yanamoto.
(c) A Mongolian sheep-herder.
(d) A Russian soldier.

2. How long ago was the last time Noboru Wataya and Toru Okada met as of Chapter 3?
(a) Six years.
(b) Five months.
(c) Three years.
(d) One year.

3. According to Toru's uncle in Chapter 13, how did Mr. Miyawaki lose all of his money?
(a) Opening a failed restaurant.
(b) A run on his bank.
(c) A bad stock deal.
(d) A crippling drug addiction.

4. In Chapter 13, what memory of Yanamoto's death does in Lieutenant Mamiya say he will never forget?
(a) His frantic prayers.
(b) His blood pooling beneath him.
(c) His eye contact.
(d) His screams.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what problem has Kumiko sought the advice of Malta Kano in Chapter 3?

2. How does Toru Okada rationalize his wife's curtness to him in Chapter 2?

3. What does Toru Okada use to climb down into the well at the end of Chapter 5?

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

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

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