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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 do the night when she feels genuinely happy?
(a) She takes off her clothes.
(b) She sings to herself.
(c) She goes for a swim.
(d) She wuits her job.

2. What advise does Mamiya leave Toru with in Chapter 32?
(a) Remember those who fought and died.
(b) Live without regret.
(c) Find love.
(d) Forget the past.

3. What surprising bit of information does Malta Kano reveal about Creta Kano in Chapter 30?
(a) She has died.
(b) She has a baby.
(c) She has left for Crete.
(d) She does not exist.

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

5. Where are Toru and May Kasahara as they talk in Chapter 39?
(a) In Shinjuku.
(b) By the pond.
(c) In her dormitory.
(d) At the Residence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Nutmeg's husband murdered?

2. Whose computer is in the Residence?

3. In Chapter 11, what does the boy find in the buried bag?

4. What does Toru want to know about Noboru Wataya in Chapter 15?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the tabloid in Chapter 21 determine about the dummy corporation that owns the hanging house?

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

6. Why is Toru content in Chapter 25?

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

8. How does May Kasahar's worldview change in Chapter 36?

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

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

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