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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. Where does Toru Okada find his necktie in Chapter 4?
(a) His neighbor's house.
(b) The street.
(c) His work items that he packed.
(d) The dry cleaners.

2. What does the factory where May Kasahara works produce?
(a) Wigs.
(b) Computer chips.
(c) Toys.
(d) Shoes.

3. Why has Toru Okada never met Kumiko's sister?
(a) She refuses to meet him.
(b) She lives in the United States.
(c) She is estranged from the Watayas.
(d) She died at age 11.

4. What sensation is Creta Kano surprised to feel when Noboru Wataya has sex with her?
(a) Heat.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) Numbness.
(d) Pain.

5. According to Toru's uncle in Chapter 13, how did Mr. Miyawaki lose all of his money?
(a) Opening a failed restaurant.
(b) A crippling drug addiction.
(c) A bad stock deal.
(d) A run on his bank.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did May Kasahara cause her boyfriend's death?

2. Topographically, where is the town in which May Kasahara is working in Chapter 5?

3. Who dies in Chapter 1?

4. What does Toru Okada use to climb down into the well at the end of Chapter 5?

5. What remembrance from the dead Honda does Lieutenant Mamiya give Toru Okada at the end of Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the unnamed boy see in Chapter 3?

2. Why is Lieutenant Mamiya uncomfortable with his mission with Yanamoto?

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

4. What two requests does Creta Kano make of Toru Okada in Chapter 14 and how does he respond?

5. Describe Toru Okada's dream at the end of Chapter 16?

6. Describe the interchange Toru has with the woman on the bench in Chapter 2?

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

8. Describe Kumiko and Toru Okada's first date.

9. How does May Kasahara describe her situation in Chapter 5?

10. What painful admission does May Kasahara make in Chapter 15?

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