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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the document Toru finds in the computer at the end of Chapter 25?
(a) Norweigan Wood.
(b) Kumiko's Disappearance.
(c) The Zoo Massacre.
(d) The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.

2. Which of the following descriptors is not used in Chapter 20 in relation to Nutmeg's husband?
(a) Argumentative.
(b) Mysterious.
(c) Arrogant.
(d) Egotistical.

3. Whose computer is in the Residence?
(a) Kumiko's.
(b) Cinnamon's.
(c) Toru's.
(d) Nutmeg's.

4. At what time is May Kasahara writing her letter in Chapter 18?
(a) 10:00 AM.
(b) 8:00 PM.
(c) 2:30 AM.
(d) 4:30 PM.

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

6. How many secret healers does M consult in Chapter 12's article?
(a) 7.
(b) 14.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

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

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

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

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

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

12. Where on Noboru Wataya's body does Toru land a blow first?
(a) His shin.
(b) His collarbone,
(c) His pelvis.
(d) His skull.

13. Why can Cinnamon not speak?
(a) He has been frightened into silence.
(b) He never learned how.
(c) He decides not to.
(d) He has no tongue.

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

15. Where are Toru and May Kasahara as they talk in Chapter 39?
(a) By the pond.
(b) At the Residence.
(c) In Shinjuku.
(d) In her dormitory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Toru assume is the narrator of the story in Chapter 26?

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

3. What sound awakens Toru at the end of Chapter 37?

4. How does the lieutenant execute the last of the prisoners in Chapter 26?

5. How does Toru get into Room 208 in Chapter 35?

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