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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Kafka first meets Sakura, what does he wonder about her?
(a) If she is his mother.
(b) If she is his sister.
(c) If she is his girlfriend.
(d) If she is his aunt.

2. Which of the following organizations helps Kafka find a cheap hotel to stay in?
(a) AARP.
(b) YMCA.
(c) SIDS.
(d) ARMY.

3. What is the name of the child who discovered the collection of bloody supplies the teacher had been using to clean herself up?
(a) Kafka.
(b) Nakata.
(c) Yoshi.
(d) Fugi.

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

5. Which of the following words completes this phrase which Johnny Walker said to Nakata: "This is a war and you'll learn how to ___________"?
(a) Kill.
(b) Survive.
(c) Live.
(d) Engage.

6. What does Nakata claim is the only joy in his life?
(a) The comfort of a good book.
(b) The company of cats.
(c) The love of the church.
(d) The thrill of a mystery.

7. Where did Mrs. Saeki's boyfriend attend school?
(a) In Phenom-Pen.
(b) In Hong Kong.
(c) In Tokyo.
(d) In Shanghai.

8. During what year did the children pass out in the woods?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1974.

9. What do the two stern women accuse Oshima of being?
(a) An ageist.
(b) A racist.
(c) A sexist.
(d) A classist.

10. Where is Sakura going when she boards the same bus as Kafka?
(a) She is heading back to college.
(b) She is running away from home.
(c) She is going to a job interview.
(d) She is going to visit family.

11. When Kafka wakes from his blackout, who does he first call for help?
(a) Sakura.
(b) Nakata.
(c) Oshima.
(d) Crow.

12. What does Sakura do for a living?
(a) She is a hairdresser.
(b) She is a model.
(c) She is a librarian.
(d) She is an elementary school teacher.

13. What is the name of the young boy who did NOT awaken after the mushroom incident in the woods?
(a) Hoshimo.
(b) Kafka.
(c) Oshima.
(d) Nakata.

14. When the teacher was beating a child in the woods, what emotion does she claim overtook her?
(a) Anger.
(b) Panic.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Euphoria.

15. Which of the following statements best describes Kafka's physicality?
(a) He looks older than his age.
(b) He looks exactly like his mother.
(c) He looks younger than his age.
(d) He looks exactly like his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following items is NOT something Kafka steals from his father before running away?

2. Which of the following facts is NOT true about Oshima's cabin in the woods?

3. Why do the two stern women complain about the bathrooms at the public library?

4. While sleeping at Oshima's cottage in the woods, where does Kafka sleep at night?

5. What is the name of the cat that was run over by a bicycle and is now a bit slow?

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