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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For much of Chapter 6, Nutmeg goes shopping with Toru for what?
(a) Clothes.
(b) A new house.
(c) A car.
(d) Groceries.

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

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

4. Who chooses the pseudonyms Nutmeg and Cinnamon?
(a) Toru.
(b) Nutmeg.
(c) Cinnamon.
(d) Noboru Wataya.

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

6. According to Toru's uncle in Chapter 13, how did Mr. Miyawaki lose all of his money?
(a) A run on his bank.
(b) A crippling drug addiction.
(c) Opening a failed restaurant.
(d) A bad stock deal.

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

8. What is Toru Okada's duty working with May Kasahara in Chapter 9?
(a) Approaching men on the streets.
(b) Filing paperwork for her.
(c) Setting up wig displays.
(d) Counting bald heads.

9. Who eventually rescues Toru from the well?
(a) Creta Kano.
(b) Kumiko.
(c) May Kasahara.
(d) Malta Kano.

10. How does the actress in the Miyawaki house kill herself?
(a) She drowns herself.
(b) She hangs herself.
(c) She takes pills.
(d) She shoots herself.

11. What article of clothing does Toru Okada agree to wear to his meeting with Malta Cano in Chapter 3?
(a) White shoes.
(b) A blue pinstriped blazer.
(c) A pink dress shirt.
(d) A polka dot tie.

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

13. Who dies in Chapter 1?
(a) May Kasahara.
(b) Toru's uncle.
(c) Creta Kano.
(d) Lieutenant Mamiya.

14. What errand is Toru Okada running at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) Picking up groceries.
(b) Getting a new watch battery.
(c) Delivering his wife's dry cleaning.
(d) Filing his household's taxes.

15. Who is the prophesied caller beginning with "O" that calls Toru Okada in Chapter 1?
(a) A business based in Osaka.
(b) His cousin Oni.
(c) Omura Liquor.
(d) His uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did May Kasahara cause her boyfriend's death?

2. What remembrance from the dead Honda does Lieutenant Mamiya give Toru Okada at the end of Chapter 13?

3. How long does the American submarine in Chapter 9 give the Japanese transport before it fires in it?

4. What code name is used in Chapter 7 to refer tot he owner of the "hanging house"?

5. How long ago was the last time Noboru Wataya and Toru Okada met as of Chapter 3?

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