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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Toru Okada use to climb down into the well at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) A bungie cord.
(b) A harness.
(c) A long plank.
(d) A rope ladder.

3. What object does Toru Okada discover in the well in Chapter 8?
(a) A bat.
(b) A necktie.
(c) A beer.
(d) A box.

4. Why does Mamiya say he is no longer afraid of dying?
(a) He has lived a full life.
(b) He has seen far worse deaths than his can ever be.
(c) Honda has told him the manner and time of his death.
(d) His life is an empty shell.

5. Topographically, where is the town in which May Kasahara is working in Chapter 5?
(a) In the lowlands.
(b) In the mountains.
(c) On the beach.
(d) By the woods.

6. What tune is the waiter whistling in Toru's Chapter 8 dream?
(a) Rossini's Thieving Magpie.
(b) Mahler's Resurrection.
(c) Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf.
(d) Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain.

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

8. What era does Creta Kano's style of dress remind Toru Okada of?
(a) The Victorian Era.
(b) The early 1980's.
(c) The 1920's.
(d) The 1960's

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

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

11. For what does May Kasahara castigate Toru Okada in Chapter 5?
(a) Giving up on finding his cat.
(b) Having too many women around him.
(c) Not washing his clothes.
(d) Not showing up at work with her.

12. What does the factory where May Kasahara works produce?
(a) Toys.
(b) Computer chips.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Wigs.

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

14. What does the shorter of the two men in Chapter 3 do while the protagonist watches?
(a) He pees in the woods.
(b) He digs a hole.
(c) He kills the taller man.
(d) He climbs a tree.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Toru Okada rename his cat in Chapter 6?

2. Where does Toru Okada find his necktie in Chapter 4?

3. What does Toru admit to May Kasahara in Chapter 10?

4. What similarity exists between the veterinarian in Chapter 9 and Toru Okada?

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

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