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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. How many years after Kumiko and Toru are married does she become unexpectedly pregnant?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

2. When Toru Okada is certain Kumiko is gone at the beginning of Book 2, what does he discover she has taken with her?
(a) All her shoes and dresses.
(b) Her check-book.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Their wedding album.

3. What career advice does Toru Okada recall Mr. Honda giving in Chapter 4?
(a) He should become a public defender.
(b) He should ask for a raise.
(c) He should quit law.
(d) He should start showing up late to work.

4. Who is the protagonist of Chapter 3?
(a) A young boy.
(b) Kumiko.
(c) An elderly man.
(d) A fighter pilot in World War II.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Malta Kano looking for when she calls Toru Okada at the beginning of Chapter 12?

2. What does Toru Okada use to climb down into the well at the end of Chapter 5?

3. What is the only piece of information printed on the card that the woman gives Toru in Chapter 2?

4. How does May's visit to the bottom of the well affect her self image?

5. What town is Toru Okada in when Kumiko call to tell him she had an abortion?

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