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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 28, what type of lessons does May Kasahara remember the Miyawaki girl taking?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Ballet.
(c) Piano.
(d) Karate.

2. What is the veterinarian worrying about at the beginning of Chapter 26?
(a) His wife and child.
(b) The elephants.
(c) The approaching Russian army.
(d) His health.

3. What strange part of her anatomy does Malto Kano reveal in Chapter 30?
(a) Cloven hooves.
(b) A third breast.
(c) A tail.
(d) Male genitalia.

4. Who does Toru hear as soon as he enters the hotel in Chapter 31?
(a) The faceless man.
(b) Creta Kano.
(c) Noboru Wataya.
(d) The waiter.

5. What does Toru do in Chapter 29 when he tires of going to the well?
(a) He writes May Kasahara.
(b) He cleans the Residence.
(c) He people watches in Shinjuku.
(d) He tries to read more of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.

6. Chapter 12, what business is M's successful husband in?
(a) Import/Export.
(b) Entertainment industry.
(c) Stock investment.
(d) Real estate.

7. Who is Yoshitaka Wataya?
(a) Kumiko's uncle.
(b) Kumiko's father.
(c) Kumiko's grandfather.
(d) Kumiko's youngest brother.

8. Who acted as May Kasahara's sponsor in securing her the factory job?
(a) Her employer in Tokyo.
(b) Her parents.
(c) The parents of her dead boyfriend.
(d) Toru Okada.

9. What does Toru want to know about Noboru Wataya in Chapter 15?
(a) Why he wants the hanging house.
(b) If he slept with Kumiko.
(c) Whether he plans to run for office.
(d) Who his real parents are.

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

11. What does May Kasahara find herself doing often after the suicides at the Miyawaki house?
(a) Crying.
(b) Dropping things in the well.
(c) Trying to remember things about the daughter.
(d) Staring at the house.

12. In Chapter 26, what does Toru suddenly realize about his conversation with Kumiko?
(a) It probably was not her.
(b) Cinnamon probably monitored it.
(c) It will likely be the last time he talks to her.
(d) He probably deamt it.

13. 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.

14. Who rescues Toru from the well in Chapter 37?
(a) Cinnamon.
(b) Nutmeg.
(c) Kumiko.
(d) Mamiya.

15. Who pointedly ceases coming to the Residence in Chapter 29?
(a) Toru.
(b) Mackerel.
(c) Lt. Mamiya.
(d) Cinnamon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, May Kasahara's boss tells her that genes determine what percentage of whether someone will go bald?

2. In Chapter 20, to whom does the job of public relations for Nutmeg's fashion company fall?

3. What does the mysterious woman give Toru in Chapter 34?

4. What superlative does Toru use to describe Ushikawa in Chapter 13?

5. Who does Nutmeg suspect is the source of the tabloid stories?

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