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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 errand is Toru Okada running at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) Picking up groceries.
(b) Filing his household's taxes.
(c) Getting a new watch battery.
(d) Delivering his wife's dry cleaning.

2. In his letter in Chapter 4, Mamiya says that - when he was at the bottom of the well in Mongolia - he believes something what living in what?
(a) The damp.
(b) The solitude.
(c) The silence.
(d) The light.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 11, what does Toru remember doing with his father as a child?
(a) Playing cards on a sunny day.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Arguing.
(d) Going to a baseball game.

4. In the beginning of Book 3, why does Toru suspect he has not heard from Kumiko?
(a) She is being imprisoned by her family.
(b) She is dead.
(c) She is truly happy without him.
(d) She never actually existed.

5. Where does Toru Okada find his necktie in Chapter 4?
(a) His neighbor's house.
(b) The street.
(c) The dry cleaners.
(d) His work items that he packed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the actress in the Miyawaki house kill herself?

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

3. In a letter Toru receives in Chapter 11, who does Kumiko say she is having an affair with?

4. According to Toru's uncle in Chapter 13, how did Mr. Miyawaki lose all of his money?

5. What article of clothing does Toru Okada agree to wear to his meeting with Malta Cano in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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