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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. Who pointedly ceases coming to the Residence in Chapter 29?
2. What is missing from the bottom of the well in Chapter 31?
3. At the beginning of Chapter 25, why is Toru heartened by his life?
4. At the end of Chapter 15, May says that what about her new home sometimes overwhelms her?
5. How many secret healers does M consult in Chapter 12's article?
Short Essay Questions
1. What problem does Ushikawa admit with Kumiko's meeting Toru, and how does he solve it in Chapter 19?
2. Why is Toru content in Chapter 25?
3. How does Toru Okada's opinion of his wife change over the course of the novel?
4. How does Nutmeg's marriage end in Chapter 20?
5. What two bits of strange information does Malta Kano provide Toru in Chapter 30?
6. That is Nutmeg's concern in Chapter 24?
7. How does Toru overcome Noboru Wataya in Chapter 35?
8. What circle of connections does Toru Okada uncover in Chapter 23?
9. How does Lieutenant Mamiya meet Boris the Manskinner for the second time?
10. What does May Kasahara remember about the Myawaki's in Chapter 28?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay about Nutmeg and Cinnamon. What is their function within the novel? Begin the essay by discussing their lives before meeting Toru Okada and how Nutmeg comes to be fascinated with the protagonist. What about the mother and son makes them unusual and eccentric? In the final paragraph, discuss the possibility that Cinnamon is the author of the novel. What is on his computer that would lead a reader to this conclusion?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is a vast menagerie of different storylines and themes. One theme that lingers beneath the surface of the central narrative is the legacy of the Second World War and its psychically wounding effect. Write an essay about the war's place in the novel, in two parts below:
Part 1) Write a paragraph about the veterinarian and his days in the Chinese zoo as the allies approach. How do the few events mentioned in the book about this man indicate an absurd force driving the war? What does Murakami mean to get across about the war by the fact that these stories are told by two characters that never fought in World War Two?
Part 2) Write a paragraph about the war stories of Lieutenant Mamiya. To what extent does Mamiya's narrative illustrate the brutal realities of war? How have these experiences affected Mamiya is the War's end? How are they a counterpoint to the stories of the veterinarian?
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