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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 38, what choice of hers does Kumiko blame on her brother's sins?
(a) Cheating on Toru.
(b) Becoming an alcholic.
(c) Leaving school.
(d) Marrying Toru.

2. Whose voice does Toru Okada hear at the beginning of Chapter 34?
(a) Noboru Wataya's.
(b) His own.
(c) Mr. Honda's.
(d) Kumiko's.

3. What sound awakens Toru at the end of Chapter 37?
(a) Wind.
(b) Bells.
(c) The wind-up bird's call.
(d) A scream.

4. What does May do the night when she feels genuinely happy?
(a) She goes for a swim.
(b) She wuits her job.
(c) She sings to herself.
(d) She takes off her clothes.

5. What word do May's parents have to explain to her regarding the Miyawakis in Chapter 28?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Alleviate.
(c) Tragedy.
(d) Abscond.

6. From where is the sound of sleigh bells coming in Chapter 25?
(a) The alley.
(b) Toru's bedroom.
(c) Cinnamon's office.
(d) The sky.

7. In Chapter 11, what does the boy find in the buried bag?
(a) A baby.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A pile of money.
(d) A human heart.

8. Where is Nutmeg's husband murdered?
(a) Their home.
(b) A hotel room.
(c) His studio.
(d) An alley.

9. What is missing from the bottom of the well in Chapter 31?
(a) The door to 208.
(b) The bat.
(c) The rope ladder.
(d) The rope to close the latch.

10. How does May Kasahara respond to the duck people in Chapter 36?
(a) She ignores them.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She tries to talk to them.
(d) She mocks them.

11. What does Toru do in the dreams Kumiko regularly has?
(a) Kills her.
(b) Passes her by.
(c) Forgives her.
(d) Makes love to her.

12. How long does Mamiya assist Boris in the prison camp?
(a) Five years.
(b) Half a year.
(c) Three years.
(d) A year and a half.

13. Where does Toru meet Malto Kano in Chapter 30?
(a) At the Residence.
(b) In a dream.
(c) In Shinjuku.
(d) At a bar near his house.

14. What has Noboru Wataya decided about his relationship with Kumiko by the end of the novel?
(a) He will wait for her to get out of jail.
(b) He has not made a decision.
(c) He will do what ever she wants to do.
(d) He is through with her.

15. At the end of Chapter 15, May says that what about her new home sometimes overwhelms her?
(a) The disconnection.
(b) The conservative folk.
(c) The loneliness.
(d) The weather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following descriptors is not used in Chapter 20 in relation to Nutmeg's husband?

2. What mystical being does Ushikawa liken himself to in Chapter 15?

3. Who does May Kasahara imagine she is a lot in Chapter 28?

4. Who acted as May Kasahara's sponsor in securing her the factory job?

5. According to Toru in Chapter 23, how are Cinnamon's grandfather and Lt. Mamiya connected?

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