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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 political party does Yoshitaka Wataya belong to?
(a) The libertarians.
(b) The conservatives.
(c) The labor.
(d) The reformists.

2. What sound awakens Toru at the end of Chapter 37?
(a) Bells.
(b) The wind-up bird's call.
(c) Wind.
(d) A scream.

3. Whose voice does Toru Okada hear at the beginning of Chapter 34?
(a) Noboru Wataya's.
(b) Mr. Honda's.
(c) His own.
(d) Kumiko's.

4. What is the veterinarian worrying about at the beginning of Chapter 26?
(a) His health.
(b) The elephants.
(c) His wife and child.
(d) The approaching Russian army.

5. Who pointedly ceases coming to the Residence in Chapter 29?
(a) Toru.
(b) Mackerel.
(c) Lt. Mamiya.
(d) Cinnamon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, what does May Kasahara wish she could do with every wig she makes?

2. How does May Kasahara respond to the duck people in Chapter 36?

3. What part of her first client's body did Nutmeg touch to heal her?

4. At the end of Chapter 15, May says that what about her new home sometimes overwhelms her?

5. What does May think she hears at the end of Chapter 36?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sad reality does May Kasahara admit to in Chapter 18's letter?

2. What does May Kasahara remember about the Myawaki's in Chapter 28?

3. How does Lieutenant Mamiya meet Boris the Manskinner for the second time?

4. Why is Toru content in Chapter 25?

5. What offer does Noboru Wataya make Toru Okada in Chapter 13?

6. What two bits of strange information does Malta Kano provide Toru in Chapter 30?

7. Describe Mamiya's assassination attempt on Boris in Chapter 32.

8. Describe Cinnamon.

9. What circle of connections does Toru Okada uncover in Chapter 23?

10. What new offer does Ushikawa make to Toru Okada in Chapter 16?

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