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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What complaint do the two stern women make about the staff at the public library?
(a) That the library staff is rude.
(b) That the library staff is unintelligent.
(c) That the library is understaffed.
(d) That the library is overstaffed.

2. Whose photograph does Kafka take with him when he runs away from home?
(a) His father's.
(b) His sister's.
(c) His own.
(d) His mother's.

3. Which famous artist is discovered stabbed to death in his home on the day fish fall from the sky?
(a) A sculptor.
(b) A dancer.
(c) A writer.
(d) A painter.

4. Which of the following spirits frequents Kafka's bedroom while he is sleeping?
(a) A beautiful young woman.
(b) A scruffy old man.
(c) A middle-aged man in a business suit.
(d) A scarred infant child.

5. Where does Johnny Walker keep the severed heads of the cats he has sacrificed?
(a) On his bookshelf.
(b) Under his bed.
(c) In a display case.
(d) In the freezer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following items is NOT a theme in the song "Kafka on the Shore"?

2. During what year did the children pass out in the woods?

3. How does Kafka repay Sakura for letting him sleep on her couch?

4. Even though he is mentally challenged, what is Nakata extremely adept at finding?

5. What did Mrs. Saeki's boyfriend's family sell for a living?

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