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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. Why does Toru's uncle suggest he look up Mr. Ichikawa in Chapter 12?
(a) They were friends in school.
(b) He has been asking for Toru.
(c) He has a package for Toru.
(d) He knows the neighborhood.

2. Who pulls the rope ladder up from the well in Chapter 9?
(a) May Kasahara.
(b) Kumiko.
(c) Malta Kano.
(d) Toru's uncle.

3. In Chapter 14, Creta Kano states that she now considers her physically numb state from before she met Noboru Wataya to be what?
(a) A deluded state.
(b) A dream state.
(c) A transitional state.
(d) A perfect state.

4. Who is the prophesied caller beginning with "O" that calls Toru Okada in Chapter 1?
(a) His uncle.
(b) Omura Liquor.
(c) A business based in Osaka.
(d) His cousin Oni.

5. Why did Creta Kano couple with Toru in his dream?
(a) She intends to blackmail him.
(b) Malta asked her to.
(c) She is ridiculously attracted to him.
(d) She felt sorry for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Malta Kano do on her international travels?

2. Why has Toru Okada never met Kumiko's sister?

3. What sensation is Creta Kano surprised to feel when Noboru Wataya has sex with her?

4. What is Toru Okada cooking when he first receives a call from the mysterious woman in Chapter 1?

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

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