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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where is the zoo mentioned in Chapter 9?
(a) Irkutsk.
(b) Korea.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) Manchuria.

4. What similarity exists between the veterinarian in Chapter 9 and Toru Okada?
(a) They both have been left by their wives.
(b) They are both the same height.
(c) They both spend time in dry wells.
(d) They both have a blue mark.

5. At the end of Chapter 2, Malta Kano calls Toru Okada to set up a meeting between him and whom?
(a) Creta Kano.
(b) Noboru Wataya.
(c) His uncle.
(d) Kumiko.

6. In a letter Toru receives in Chapter 11, who does Kumiko say she is having an affair with?
(a) Noboru Wataya.
(b) A mutual friend.
(c) A man from her work.
(d) A man she met on the street.

7. 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 solitude.
(b) The damp.
(c) The silence.
(d) The light.

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

9. What horrific action does the man with the guitar case undertake in Toru's dream in Chapter 16?
(a) He drowns himself.
(b) He sets himself on fire.
(c) He castrates himself.
(d) He skins himself.

10. How long ago was the last time Noboru Wataya and Toru Okada met as of Chapter 3?
(a) Six years.
(b) One year.
(c) Five months.
(d) Three years.

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

12. When dis Koru and Kumiko Okada stop taking to Kumiko's parents?
(a) After Noburu Wataya began chieving success.
(b) After Koru had a fight with her father.
(c) After Kumiko's sister died.
(d) After Koru quit his job.

13. For what type of business does May Kasahara administer surveys?
(a) A law office.
(b) A restaurant chain.
(c) A wig factory.
(d) A pachinko parlor.

14. How long does the American submarine in Chapter 9 give the Japanese transport before it fires in it?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) It fires on sight.
(c) 10 minutes.
(d) 1 hour.

15. 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 transitional state.
(b) A dream state.
(c) A perfect state.
(d) A deluded state.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the mark that Toru discovers on his cheek in Chapter 12?

2. What does the silent young man in Chapter 4 give Toru Okada to keep him from seeing where they are going?

3. Who eventually rescues Toru from the well?

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

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

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