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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3 Chapter 4: Buying New Shoes ? The Thing That Came Back Home (Pgs. 362-372) | Book 3 Chapter 5: A Place You Can Figure Out If You Think About It Really, Really Hard (May Kasahara's Point of View: 1) (Pgs. 373-376).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has Toru Okada never met Kumiko's sister?
(a) She refuses to meet him.
(b) She lives in the United States.
(c) She died at age 11.
(d) She is estranged from the Watayas.

2. How does the actress in the Miyawaki house kill herself?
(a) She takes pills.
(b) She hangs herself.
(c) She drowns herself.
(d) She shoots herself.

3. What does Toru find in the envelope the silent boy gives him?
(a) Kumiko's wedding ring.
(b) Money.
(c) The deed to the Miyawki house.
(d) A photo of him in Creta Kano.

4. How does May's visit to the bottom of the well affect her self image?
(a) She is more happy than usual.
(b) She cannot stop crying.
(c) She is less sure of herself.
(d) She is perpetually angry.

5. In Chapter 16, Toru and the man with the guitar case fight with what weapon?
(a) A bicycle chain.
(b) A gun.
(c) A baseball bat.
(d) A knife.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What changes about the style of writing in Chapter 3?

3. In Chapter 14, Creta Kano states that she now considers her physically numb state from before she met Noboru Wataya to be what?

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

5. Why is Kumiko uncomfortable the first time she has sex with Toru?

(see the answer key)

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