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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. In Chapter 14, Creta Kano states that she now considers her physically numb state from before she met Noboru Wataya to be what?
(a) A perfect state.
(b) A deluded state.
(c) A dream state.
(d) A transitional state.

2. After how many days of people-watching does Toru Okada see the man with the guitar case?
(a) 11.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 17.

3. In a letter Toru receives in Chapter 11, who does Kumiko say she is having an affair with?
(a) A man she met on the street.
(b) A man from her work.
(c) A mutual friend.
(d) Noboru Wataya.

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

5. Who is Malta Kano looking for when she calls Toru Okada at the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) Noboru Wataya.
(b) Creta Kano.
(c) Mr. Honda.
(d) Toru himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who eventually rescues Toru from the well?

2. What dangerous animal survives the massacre in Chapter 9?

3. What sensation is Creta Kano surprised to feel when Noboru Wataya has sex with her?

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

5. Where is the zoo mentioned in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is a local tabloid so concerned with the the Miyawaki house in Chapter 7?

2. What does Noboru Wataya want to say to Toru Okada in Chapter 3?

3. Why does Toru Okada choose to go into the well behind the old Miyawaki house?

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

5. Why does Creta Kano become a prostitute?

6. Why are the Okadas estranged from the Watayas?

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

8. Describe the marital tiff the Okada's have as related in Chapter 9?

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

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

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