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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the woman do to Toru's mark in Chapter 4?
2. What does Toru Okada rename his cat in Chapter 6?
3. In Chapter 13, what memory of Yanamoto's death does in Lieutenant Mamiya say he will never forget?
4. What errand is Toru Okada running at the beginning of Chapter 7?
5. What is Toru Okada cooking when he first receives a call from the mysterious woman in Chapter 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. What story about a house in Koru Okada's neighborhood does his uncle tell in Chapter 10?
2. Why does Toru Okada choose to go into the well behind the old Miyawaki house?
3. Why does Creta Kano become a prostitute?
4. How does Kumiko explain her own disappearance in her letter of Chapter 11?
5. What two requests does Creta Kano make of Toru Okada in Chapter 14 and how does he respond?
6. Describe the interchange Toru has with the woman on the bench in Chapter 2?
7. Why is a local tabloid so concerned with the the Miyawaki house in Chapter 7?
8. Describe Kumiko and Toru Okada's first date.
9. What information does Malt Kano provide Toru Okada in their first meeting in Chapter 3?
10. What painful admission does May Kasahara make in Chapter 15?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is a n example of magical realist literature. In it, the fantastical and the realistic intermingle without indication that this is strange in any way. Write an essay about this intermingling, using Toru Okada as a surrogate for the reader. What fantastical events does Toru experience, and how does he react to them? Is he shocked, or are they seamlessly integrated into the rest of his life? What function do these events serve in his day to day existence?
Essay Topic 2
Haruki Murakami's novels almost always involve grown men who have not fully developed emotionally and several strong-willed women who force them to question their world-views. Write an essay about Toru Okada's relationship with the women of the novel. How is Toru's emotional growth stunted at the beginning of the novel? What shattering event forces him from his torpor at the beginning of the novel? Choose three women who enter his life after this event and discuss their relationship to him.
Essay Topic 3
Dreams play a key role in the advancing of plot in Murakami's novel. Write an essay, discussing the role that dreams play in Toru Okada's journey. Who does he meet while in a dream state? What new information does he gain from these dreams? Write a paragraph about each type of dream the Toru has over the course of the novel. As a conclusion, discuss whether the dream-world of the novel has any concrete bearing on the waking world.
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