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

2. Where do Kumiko and Toru Okada meet for their first date?
(a) An aquarium.
(b) A theatre.
(c) A mall.
(d) A coffee shop.

3. In Chapter 13, what memory of Yanamoto's death does in Lieutenant Mamiya say he will never forget?
(a) His eye contact.
(b) His frantic prayers.
(c) His screams.
(d) His blood pooling beneath him.

4. In Chapter 8, how does Creta Kano say she eventually managed to pay off her debts?
(a) She won the lottery.
(b) She sold her family house.
(c) She became a prostitute.
(d) She went to work for her sister.

5. Who dies in Chapter 1?
(a) Lieutenant Mamiya.
(b) Creta Kano.
(c) May Kasahara.
(d) Toru's uncle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does May Kasahara do before leaving the well at the end of Chapter 9?

3. What does the factory where May Kasahara works produce?

4. What does Toru decide he needs to purchase at the end of Chapter 1?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Nutmeg.

4. How does pain return to Creta Kano's life?

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

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

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

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