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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Toru Okada cooking when he first receives a call from the mysterious woman in Chapter 1?
(a) Spaghetti.
(b) Baked Chicken.
(c) Hot oatmeal.
(d) Stir fry.

2. What color is the mark that Toru discovers on his cheek in Chapter 12?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Blue.
(c) Brown.
(d) Red.

3. What is the only piece of information printed on the card that the woman gives Toru in Chapter 2?
(a) A phone number.
(b) A title.
(c) A name.
(d) An address.

4. What article of clothing does Toru Okada agree to wear to his meeting with Malta Cano in Chapter 3?
(a) A pink dress shirt.
(b) A blue pinstriped blazer.
(c) White shoes.
(d) A polka dot tie.

5. What does Malta Kano do on her international travels?
(a) Attend conferences.
(b) Give public demonstrations of her abilities.
(c) Make psychic house calls.
(d) Sample water.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Creta Kano explain her lack of clothes in the beginning of Chapter 13?

2. How many years after Kumiko and Toru are married does she become unexpectedly pregnant?

3. Who pulls the rope ladder up from the well in Chapter 9?

4. In the beginning of Book 3, why does Toru suspect he has not heard from Kumiko?

5. When Toru Okada is certain Kumiko is gone at the beginning of Book 2, what does he discover she has taken with her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What strange event happens involving a bar folk singer in Chapter 7?

2. What is the Clumsy Massacre of Chapter 9?

3. How does the infant Nutmeg nearly killed in the story of Chapter 9?

4. Describe Toru Okada's dream in Chapter 2.

5. What financial decision does Toru Okada make at the beginning of Book 3?

6. Describe Toru Okada's life at the beginning of the novel.

7. Why does Toru Okada stay in the well longer than he intended?

8. What does Toru Okada discover while shaving in Chapter 12?

9. How does Kumiko explain her own disappearance in her letter of Chapter 11?

10. In the story of Chapter 13, why does the Russian commander choose not to kill Lieutenant Mamiya?

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