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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where do Kumiko and Toru Okada meet for their first date?
(a) A mall.
(b) A coffee shop.
(c) A theatre.
(d) An aquarium.
2. What does Toru Okada use to climb down into the well at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) A long plank.
(b) A rope ladder.
(c) A harness.
(d) A bungie cord.
3. Why does Toru's uncle suggest he look up Mr. Ichikawa in Chapter 12?
(a) He has been asking for Toru.
(b) He knows the neighborhood.
(c) He has a package for Toru.
(d) They were friends in school.
4. How does the actress in the Miyawaki house kill herself?
(a) She hangs herself.
(b) She shoots herself.
(c) She takes pills.
(d) She drowns herself.
5. What town is Toru Okada in when Kumiko call to tell him she had an abortion?
(a) Sapporo.
(b) Kyoto.
(c) Takematsu.
(d) Osaka.
6. What does the woman do to Toru's mark in Chapter 4?
(a) She licks it.
(b) She spears it with a scalpel.
(c) The rubs it.
(d) She takes a picture of it.
7. Who saves Lieutenant Mamiya from the dry well where the Mongolian soldiers leave him?
(a) Honda.
(b) Yanamoto.
(c) A Russian soldier.
(d) A Mongolian sheep-herder.
8. In Chapter 14, Creta Kano states that she now considers her physically numb state from before she met Noboru Wataya to be what?
(a) A perfect state.
(b) A transitional state.
(c) A deluded state.
(d) A dream state.
9. 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 silence.
(c) The light.
(d) The solitude.
10. What is the style of writing that Chapter 7 is supposed to be?
(a) A research paper.
(b) A letter.
(c) An article.
(d) A journal.
11. For much of Chapter 6, Nutmeg goes shopping with Toru for what?
(a) A new house.
(b) Groceries.
(c) A car.
(d) Clothes.
12. What does May Kasahara do before leaving the well at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) She tosses down some food.
(b) She closes the lid.
(c) She throws a rock at Toru.
(d) She blows Toru a kiss.
13. What does May Kasahara invite Toru Okada to do the following day in Chapter 5?
(a) Join her administering surveys.
(b) Have lunch with her.
(c) Go to church with her.
(d) Sunbathe with her.
14. In Lieutenant Mamiya's story of Chapter 12, what does Yanamoto tell Lieutenant Mamiya he must do if they are captured?
(a) Fight to the death.
(b) Flee back into China.
(c) Destroy his personal documents.
(d) Kill Yanamoto.
15. Who pulls the rope ladder up from the well in Chapter 9?
(a) Toru's uncle.
(b) May Kasahara.
(c) Kumiko.
(d) Malta Kano.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 11, Toru Okada is surprised to find packaging for what in his waste-basket?
2. What is Toru Okada's duty working with May Kasahara in Chapter 9?
3. How does Toru Okada rationalize his wife's curtness to him in Chapter 2?
4. What does Creta Kano cook for breakfast in Chapter 13?
5. Why can the protagonist clearly see two figures in the night in Chapter 3?
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