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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose words does Toru remember after killing Noboru Wataya in Room 208?
(a) Kumiko's.
(b) His uncle's.
(c) Mr. Honda's.
(d) Lt. Mamiya's.

2. What does Cinnamon listen to on the radio while he is doing chores around the Residence in Chapter 14?
(a) Talk radio.
(b) Classic music.
(c) Classic rock.
(d) Country and western.

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

4. According to the article in Chapter 21, what component of the dummy corporation has been linked to political scandals?
(a) Its realtor.
(b) Its accounting firm.
(c) Its car service.
(d) Its CEO.

5. How does Kumiko instruct Toru to think of her in Chapter 22?
(a) In a land far away.
(b) As a mortal enemy.
(c) Terminally ill.
(d) In hell.

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

7. Why is Mamiya eventually released from the prison camp in Chapter 32?
(a) The war ends.
(b) The camp is liberated by the Japanese.
(c) Boris arranges it.
(d) He is traded for Russian prisoners.

8. What is the first order that the Lieutenant gives the prisoners upon arriving at the zoo?
(a) Shoot each other.
(b) Collect food for the soldiers.
(c) Dig a large hole.
(d) Kill the elephant.

9. Whom does the boy in Chapter 11 have to push out of bed to go to sleep?
(a) The shorter man.
(b) Himself.
(c) His sister.
(d) His mother.

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

11. In Chapter 37, what has happens to Noboru Wataya in real life?
(a) He is elected to a high government post.
(b) He is shot.
(c) He is forced to resign.
(d) He has a stroke.

12. What personal question does Toru Okada ask Kumiko in their internet chat in Chapter 22?
(a) What did he cook their last night together?
(b) What did she find fascinating at the aquarium?
(c) What is Noboru Wataya's secret?
(d) What do they call the bird outside their window?

13. In Chapter 20, to whom does the job of public relations for Nutmeg's fashion company fall?
(a) Nutmeg.
(b) Nutmeg's husband.
(c) Cinnamon.
(d) Nutmeg's mother.

14. Who does Toru assume is the narrator of the story in Chapter 26?
(a) Himself.
(b) The Veterinarian
(c) Cinnamon.
(d) God.

15. According to Kumiko in Chapter 22, what has her metamorphosis done to her?
(a) Made her stronger.
(b) Made her exhausted.
(c) Made her go bad.
(d) Made her understand why she married Toru.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 28, what type of lessons does May Kasahara remember the Miyawaki girl taking?

3. What information has Kumiko just received in Chapter 38?

4. In Chapter 13, what does Noboru Wataya offer to do for Toru if he gives up his new property?

5. Near the end of Chapter 18, May says that she woke up one day discovered what?

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