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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 38-42.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is Dr. Shigenori Tsukayama's specialty?
(a) Pediatrics.
(b) Psychiatry.
(c) Orthodontics.
(d) Neurology.

2. What is pachinko?
(a) A gambling game.
(b) A child's toy.
(c) A type of sticky rice.
(d) Footwear.

3. In which Japanese city does Kafka live?
(a) Hiroshima.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) Osaka.
(d) Kyoto.

4. Which of the following weather storms hits Kafka while he is wandering through the woods at Oshima's cottage?
(a) Hail.
(b) Snow.
(c) Rain.
(d) Sleet.

5. How does the police officer react when Nakata admits to Johnny Walker's murder?
(a) He arrests him immediately.
(b) He ignores Nakata completely.
(c) He does not believe him.
(d) He is confused by the admission.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Kafka's father?

2. What did the elementary school teacher claim to see in the sky right before the children passed out in the woods?

3. How many of the children failed to awaken after reaching the hospital?

4. What is the name of the city that Nakata is trying to reach by hitchhiking?

5. What word fills in the note that Oshima wrote in the margins of Kafka's book: "One must act responsibly for one's ________"?

(see the answer key)

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