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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 is the first password that Toru cracks in Chapter 19?
(a) Noboru.
(b) Fashion.
(c) Zoo.
(d) Mackerel.

2. What decision has Cinnamon made regarding the business in Chapter 24?
(a) They should expand to a second location.
(b) They should permanently close.
(c) They should fire Toru Okada,
(d) They should cease seeing customers temporarily.

3. What superlative does Toru use to describe Ushikawa in Chapter 13?
(a) Creepiest.
(b) Slimiest.
(c) Ugliest.
(d) Fattest.

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

5. Why can Cinnamon not speak?
(a) He has been frightened into silence.
(b) He decides not to.
(c) He never learned how.
(d) He has no tongue.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why are the mountains an ideal place for the wig factory?

3. Where is Nutmeg's husband murdered?

4. Who does Toru hear as soon as he enters the hotel in Chapter 31?

5. Who acted as May Kasahara's sponsor in securing her the factory job?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Toru do after Nutmeg and Cinnamon stop coming to the residence?

2. How does Nutmeg's marriage end in Chapter 20?

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

4. What does the boy in Chapter 11 find in the bag and what does he do with it?

5. Why is Toru content in Chapter 25?

6. What questions about The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle does Toru have in Chapter 27?

7. How did Nutmeg first discover her healing powers?

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

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

10. What happens to Noboru Wataya in Chapter 37?

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