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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 narrator find himself longing for underground?
2. Why does the narrator say he drinks so much?
3. What do Junior and Big Boy do to the narrator, saying they have no choice?
4. What does the Gatekeeper tell the narrator about the Power Station?
5. What does the Gatekeeper say about the stash of old clothes?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe where the narrator's shadow lives.
2. What do you know about the Wall surrounding the Town based on your readings in Chapter 10?
3. What do you know about the narrator's job based on your reading of Chapter 3?
4. Which unusual things have you noticed about the Town as described in Chapter 4?
5. What does the Colonel tell the narrator about the Woods and the Woodspeople in Chapter 14?
6. What is the source of the noise that dominates the first half of Chapter 23?
7. What does the Librarian say she particularly remembers about her mother in Chapter 22? How does the narrator explain this memory?
8. Describe the differences between Western and Eastern unicorns as presented in Chapter 9.
9. Briefly describe the memory the narrator has while climbing the underground tower with the chubby girl.
10. Explain the narrator's reaction to the skull the Professor gives him as a gift.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Giving specific details from the story, explain how Murakami leaves the novel somewhat open-ended and explain what you think might have happened to each of the narrators.
Essay Topic 2
Explain how the phrase "the End of the World" is used to link the two storylines together and explain what the end of the world really is.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 37, the narrator says he was born by the sea and liked to collect things washed on shore by the typhoon. He says his life has always been about "gathering up the junk, sorting through it, and then casting it off somewhere else. All for no purpose...". Explain how the narrator's current life is this way and draw parallels between this and the people in the Town.
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