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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. What does May Kasahara invite Toru Okada to do the following day in Chapter 5?
(a) Sunbathe with her.
(b) Join her administering surveys.
(c) Have lunch with her.
(d) Go to church with her.

2. What is Toru Okada's duty working with May Kasahara in Chapter 9?
(a) Approaching men on the streets.
(b) Setting up wig displays.
(c) Filing paperwork for her.
(d) Counting bald heads.

3. How does Creta Kano explain her lack of clothes in the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) She likes being naked.
(b) She wants Toru to see her body.
(c) She gave them to a homeless woman.
(d) She lost them.

4. How does Toru Okada rationalize his wife's curtness to him in Chapter 2?
(a) She had a bad day at work.
(b) She thinks he is a failure.
(c) She is a woman.
(d) She has PMS.

5. 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 never actually existed.
(c) She is dead.
(d) She is truly happy without him.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 2, Malta Kano calls Toru Okada to set up a meeting between him and whom?

2. Why can the protagonist clearly see two figures in the night in Chapter 3?

3. Where is May Kasahara's family when Toru visits in Chapter 15?

4. Where does Toru's Chapter 8 dream take place?

5. After how many days of people-watching does Toru Okada see the man with the guitar case?

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