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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 has happened to Noboru Wataya in the realm of the hotel in Chapter 33?
(a) He has had a stroke.
(b) Someone has tried to kill him,
(c) He has lost an election.
(d) Kumiko has revealed his secret.

2. Whose computer is in the Residence?
(a) Kumiko's.
(b) Cinnamon's.
(c) Toru's.
(d) Nutmeg's.

3. What is the healing room of the Residence made up to look like in Chapter 17?
(a) A jail cell.
(b) A fitting room.
(c) A doctor's office.
(d) A confessional.

4. What is missing from the bottom of the well in Chapter 31?
(a) The bat.
(b) The door to 208.
(c) The rope to close the latch.
(d) The rope ladder.

5. In Chapter 11, what does the boy find in the buried bag?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A pile of money.
(c) A human heart.
(d) A baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second password that Toru cracks in Chapter 19?

2. What is the first order that the Lieutenant gives the prisoners upon arriving at the zoo?

3. Who does Toru assume is the narrator of the story in Chapter 26?

4. What is the first password that Toru cracks in Chapter 19?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Toru overcome Noboru Wataya in Chapter 35?

3. Why is Toru content in Chapter 25?

4. What war atrocity occurs in Chapter 26's story?

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

6. How does Toru Okada's opinion of his wife change over the course of the novel?

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

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

9. In Chapter 22, what does Kumiko say about her current state of mind?

10. What problem does Ushikawa admit with Kumiko's meeting Toru, and how does he solve it in Chapter 19?

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