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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2 Chapter 16: The Simplest Thing ? Revenge in a Sophisticated Form ? The Thing in the Guitar Case (Pgs. 327-338) | Book 3 Chapter 1: The Wind-Up Bird in Winter (Pgs. 341-350).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who eventually rescues Toru from the well?
(a) Kumiko.
(b) Creta Kano.
(c) May Kasahara.
(d) Malta Kano.

3. 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.

4. At the end of Chapter 2, Malta Kano calls Toru Okada to set up a meeting between him and whom?
(a) Noboru Wataya.
(b) Creta Kano.
(c) His uncle.
(d) Kumiko.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Toru decide he needs to purchase at the end of Chapter 1?

2. In Chapter 16, Toru and the man with the guitar case fight with what weapon?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 11, what does Toru remember doing with his father as a child?

4. Why does Toru's uncle suggest he look up Mr. Ichikawa in Chapter 12?

5. What does Malta Kano assure Toru Okada that he will find at the end of their meeting?

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