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

2. What similarity exists between the veterinarian in Chapter 9 and Toru Okada?
(a) They are both the same height.
(b) They both have been left by their wives.
(c) They both spend time in dry wells.
(d) They both have a blue mark.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 11, what does Toru remember doing with his father as a child?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Arguing.
(c) Playing cards on a sunny day.
(d) Going to a baseball game.

4. What is the style of writing that Chapter 7 is supposed to be?
(a) A journal.
(b) A research paper.
(c) A letter.
(d) An article.

5. What town is Toru Okada in when Kumiko call to tell him she had an abortion?
(a) Takematsu.
(b) Sapporo.
(c) Osaka.
(d) Kyoto.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman do to Toru's mark in Chapter 4?

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

3. What does Malta Kano do on her international travels?

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

5. What object does Toru Okada discover in the well in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Creta Kano become a prostitute?

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

6. What story about a house in Koru Okada's neighborhood does his uncle tell in Chapter 10?

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

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

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

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

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