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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Toru Okada find his necktie in Chapter 4?
(a) The dry cleaners.
(b) His work items that he packed.
(c) His neighbor's house.
(d) The street.

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

3. What is Toru Okada cooking when he first receives a call from the mysterious woman in Chapter 1?
(a) Hot oatmeal.
(b) Baked Chicken.
(c) Spaghetti.
(d) Stir fry.

4. What animal inhabits the disgusting island that is the subject of Toru Okada's metaphorical story in Chapter 3?
(a) Monkeys.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Crocodiles.
(d) Rhinos.

5. What is the style of writing that Chapter 7 is supposed to be?
(a) A journal.
(b) A research paper.
(c) An article.
(d) A letter.

6. What is the only piece of information printed on the card that the woman gives Toru in Chapter 2?
(a) A name.
(b) An address.
(c) A title.
(d) A phone number.

7. In Chapter 2, what does Toru Okada tell the woman on the street he needs?
(a) Eighty million yen.
(b) Food.
(c) Love.
(d) A well.

8. What code name is used in Chapter 7 to refer tot he owner of the "hanging house"?
(a) TO.
(b) Anon.
(c) The Super.
(d) Mr. X.

9. What does Malta Kano assure Toru Okada that he will find at the end of their meeting?
(a) A new house.
(b) His tie.
(c) His cat.
(d) A job.

10. In the beginning of Book 3, why does Toru suspect he has not heard from Kumiko?
(a) She is dead.
(b) She is being imprisoned by her family.
(c) She never actually existed.
(d) She is truly happy without him.

11. What does Creta Kano cook for breakfast in Chapter 13?
(a) French toast.
(b) Waffles.
(c) Omelets.
(d) Scrambled eggs.

12. At the beginning of Chapter 11, what does Toru remember doing with his father as a child?
(a) Playing cards on a sunny day.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Arguing.
(d) Going to a baseball game.

13. Why is Kumiko uncomfortable the first time she has sex with Toru?
(a) She does not particularly like him.
(b) They are in her parents' house.
(c) She has not showered.
(d) She is a virgin.

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

15. What dangerous animal survives the massacre in Chapter 9?
(a) Elephant.
(b) Rhino.
(c) Lion.
(d) Lynx.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does May Kasahara invite Toru Okada to do the following day in Chapter 5?

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

3. Topographically, where is the town in which May Kasahara is working in Chapter 5?

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

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

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