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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Kafka's imaginary companion?
(a) Jay.
(b) Raven.
(c) Crow.
(d) Robin.

2. Which of the following characters suggests that Nakata finds the other half of his soul?
(a) Goma.
(b) Sada.
(c) Otsuka.
(d) Mimi.

3. What is the name of the cat that was run over by a bicycle and is now a bit slow?
(a) Sada.
(b) Kawamura.
(c) Mimi.
(d) Goma.

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

5. What trade did Nakata learn when he was in elementary school?
(a) Blacksmithing.
(b) Taxidermy.
(c) Horticultury.
(d) Woodworking.

6. Which of the following characters coins the phrase "spirit projection" in regards to the trance-like children?
(a) Setsuko Okamochi.
(b) Doctor Juichi Nakazawa.
(c) Doctor Shigenori Tsukayama.
(d) Mrs. Saeki.

7. Where has Oshima found a job for Kafka?
(a) At the movie theater.
(b) At the grocery store.
(c) At the elementary school.
(d) At the library.

8. Which direction does Nakata want to travel on the Tomei Highway?
(a) South.
(b) East.
(c) North.
(d) West.

9. What did Mrs. Saeki's boyfriend's family sell for a living?
(a) Oil.
(b) Sake.
(c) Rice.
(d) Soy beans.

10. What did the elementary school teacher claim to see in the sky right before the children passed out in the woods?
(a) An atom bomb.
(b) An airplane.
(c) A crow.
(d) A ghost.

11. Which of the following short stories by Franz Kafka does Kafka discuss with Oshima?
(a) In the Penal Colony.
(b) Metamorphosis.
(c) The Hunger Artists.
(d) Contemplation.

12. Who wrote the song "Kafka on the Shore"?
(a) Nakata.
(b) Oshima.
(c) Mrs. Saeki.
(d) Kafka.

13. Which of the following adjectives best describes the man who calls himself Johnny Walker?
(a) Obese.
(b) Attractive.
(c) Elegant.
(d) Dirty.

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

15. What request does Johnny Walker make of Nakata?
(a) He asks Nakata to pray for him.
(b) He asks Nakata to catch cats for him.
(c) He asks Nakata to turn him in to the police.
(d) He asks Nakata to kill him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oshima warn Kafka about the woods surrounding his cabin?

2. What does Sakura do for a living?

3. Where are women authors shelved in the public library?

4. Which of the following weather storms hits Kafka while he is wandering through the woods at Oshima's cottage?

5. What does Natsume Soseki do for a living?

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