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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. In Chapter 10, May Kasahara's boss tells her that genes determine what percentage of whether someone will go bald?
(a) 50%.
(b) 0%.
(c) 90%.
(d) 33%.

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

3. How does the lieutenant execute the last of the prisoners in Chapter 26?
(a) He burns him alive.
(b) He skins him alive.
(c) He beats him to death.
(d) He shoots him.

4. What is Toru Okada's main concern about chatting with Kumiko on a computer in Chapter 19?
(a) Someone can look in more easily.
(b) She can hang up more easily.
(c) She may not understand his intonation.
(d) He will not know it is her.

5. What does Cinnamon listen to on the radio while he is doing chores around the Residence in Chapter 14?
(a) Talk radio.
(b) Classic music.
(c) Country and western.
(d) Classic rock.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is turnover in May Kasahara's wig factory such an issue?

2. In Chapter 37, what has happens to Noboru Wataya in real life?

3. Why is Mamiya given more access to the Russian camp than most Japanese prisoners in his Chapter 30 letter?

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

5. What are the prisoners that the young lieutenant escorts wearing in Chapter 26?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Noboru Wataya in Chapter 37?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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