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

2. Why did Creta Kano couple with Toru in his dream?
(a) She is ridiculously attracted to him.
(b) She intends to blackmail him.
(c) Malta asked her to.
(d) She felt sorry for him.

3. When dis Koru and Kumiko Okada stop taking to Kumiko's parents?
(a) After Koru quit his job.
(b) After Noburu Wataya began chieving success.
(c) After Kumiko's sister died.
(d) After Koru had a fight with her father.

4. For what type of business does May Kasahara administer surveys?
(a) A wig factory.
(b) A restaurant chain.
(c) A pachinko parlor.
(d) A law office.

5. How does Creta Kano explain her lack of clothes in the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) She lost them.
(b) She gave them to a homeless woman.
(c) She wants Toru to see her body.
(d) She likes being naked.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 11, what does Toru remember doing with his father as a child?

2. Where do Kumiko and Toru Okada meet for their first date?

3. In Chapter 16, Toru and the man with the guitar case fight with what weapon?

4. For much of Chapter 6, Nutmeg goes shopping with Toru for what?

5. What career advice does Toru Okada recall Mr. Honda giving in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Nutmeg.

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

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

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

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

7. What happens when Toru goes to the appointed address in Chapter 4?

8. What information does Malt Kano provide Toru Okada in their first meeting in Chapter 3?

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

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

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