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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. What does the mysterious woman give Toru in Chapter 34?
(a) A kiss.
(b) The password to Cinnamon's computer.
(c) A key to Room 208.
(d) A baseball bat.

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

6. What does Toru realizes about Kumiko's sister in Chapter 34?
(a) She is Creta Kano.
(b) She was only protecting Kumiko.
(c) She was defiled by Noboru Wataya.
(d) She never existed.

7. What is the first password that Toru cracks in Chapter 19?
(a) Zoo.
(b) Noboru.
(c) Fashion.
(d) Mackerel.

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

9. Who warns Toru that his life is in danger in Chapter 33?
(a) The waiter.
(b) Kumiko.
(c) The faceless man.
(d) Malta Kano.

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

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

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

13. What political party does Yoshitaka Wataya belong to?
(a) The reformists.
(b) The labor.
(c) The conservatives.
(d) The libertarians.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprising bit of information does Malta Kano reveal about Creta Kano in Chapter 30?

2. What is the second password that Toru cracks in Chapter 19?

3. What part of her first client's body did Nutmeg touch to heal her?

4. Whose words does Toru remember after killing Noboru Wataya in Room 208?

5. What was Nutmeg before she was a healer?

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