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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 May Kasahara find herself doing often after the suicides at the Miyawaki house?
(a) Trying to remember things about the daughter.
(b) Crying.
(c) Staring at the house.
(d) Dropping things in the well.

2. What is the title of the document Toru finds in the computer at the end of Chapter 25?
(a) Kumiko's Disappearance.
(b) The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.
(c) Norweigan Wood.
(d) The Zoo Massacre.

3. Why is Mamiya initially unable to shoot Boris in Chapter 32?
(a) His gun jams.
(b) Boris disarms him.
(c) He has no bullets.
(d) He lasks the resolve.

4. What is the first order that the Lieutenant gives the prisoners upon arriving at the zoo?
(a) Collect food for the soldiers.
(b) Dig a large hole.
(c) Kill the elephant.
(d) Shoot each other.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What company purchase at a local high-end hotel is mentioned with particular gravity in Chapter 21?

3. What is Kumiko planning to do in Chapter 38?

4. How many secret healers does M consult in Chapter 12's article?

5. According to Kumiko in Chapter 22, what has her metamorphosis done to her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Toru realize about his marriage to Kumiko in Chapter 34?

5. What plans do most women in May Kasahara's factory have?

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

7. Why is Toru content in Chapter 25?

8. Who does M consult a healer in Chapter 12?

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

10. Describe Cinnamon.

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