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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What decision has Cinnamon made regarding the business in Chapter 24?
(a) They should cease seeing customers temporarily.
(b) They should fire Toru Okada,
(c) They should expand to a second location.
(d) They should permanently close.

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

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

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

7. What superlative does Toru use to describe Ushikawa in Chapter 13?
(a) Creepiest.
(b) Fattest.
(c) Slimiest.
(d) Ugliest.

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

9. In Chapter 13, what does Noboru Wataya offer to do for Toru if he gives up his new property?
(a) Pay him handsomely.
(b) Arrage a meeting with Kumiko.
(c) Get him a job in the government.
(d) Leave him alone.

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

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

12. How does Ushikawa get into Toru Okada's house in Chapter 13?
(a) He punches in a window.
(b) He uses Kumiko's key.
(c) He slips in the cat door.
(d) He picks the lock.

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

14. How does Ushikawa describe the work he does from Noboru Wataya?
(a) Odd jobs.
(b) Shadow jobs.
(c) Dirty jobs.
(d) Hands-on jobs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Toru hear as soon as he enters the hotel in Chapter 31?

2. Why does Nutmeg come to the Residence in Chapter 24?

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

4. What word do May's parents have to explain to her regarding the Miyawakis in Chapter 28?

5. What does Toru do in the dreams Kumiko regularly has?

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