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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. Why is turnover in May Kasahara's wig factory such an issue?
(a) Fumes from the adhesive cause health problems.
(b) Girls are constantly leaving to get married.
(c) Many are fired for stealing hair.
(d) Workers hate the job.

2. Why is Mamiya eventually released from the prison camp in Chapter 32?
(a) Boris arranges it.
(b) He is traded for Russian prisoners.
(c) The war ends.
(d) The camp is liberated by the Japanese.

3. What does the mysterious woman give Toru in Chapter 34?
(a) A key to Room 208.
(b) A baseball bat.
(c) A kiss.
(d) The password to Cinnamon's computer.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 26, what does Toru suddenly realize about his conversation with Kumiko?

2. Who pointedly ceases coming to the Residence in Chapter 29?

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

4. In Chapter 20, what does Nutmeg's mother sell in order to enroll her daughter in fashion school?

5. What is the title of the document Toru finds in the computer at the end of Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Toru implicated in an assassination attempt in Chapter 33?

2. What plan does Kumiko reveal in Chapter 17?

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

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

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

6. That is Nutmeg's concern in Chapter 24?

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

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

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

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

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