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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is asked to kill evil before it can escape through the entrance stone?
(a) Oshina.
(b) Nakata.
(c) Kafka.
(d) Hoshino.

2. Whose home does the cabin in the desolate village remind Kafka of?
(a) Nakata's.
(b) Sakura's.
(c) His father's.
(d) Oshima's.

3. Which of the following characters lies about seeing Kafka in order to protect him from the searching police?
(a) Hoshino.
(b) Mrs. Saeki.
(c) Oshima.
(d) Nakata.

4. Who is the only other person that Kafka encounters as he is wandering through the woods?
(a) A Japanese soldier.
(b) He does not encounter any other person.
(c) Mrs. Saeki's spirit.
(d) A small, frightened girl.

5. What is the name of the philosopher that the prostitute recites, that Hoshino meets?
(a) Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.
(b) James Boswell.
(c) Marquis de Condorcet.
(d) José Celestino Mutis.

6. How does Mrs. Saeki react when Nakata begs to speak with her about the entrance stone?
(a) She calls the police.
(b) She closes the door for privacy.
(c) She pretends not to know what Nakata is talking about.
(d) She kicks Nakata out of her office.

7. Who does the spirit really belong to that visits Kafka?
(a) His mother.
(b) Mrs. Saeki.
(c) Sakura.
(d) The Virgin Mary.

8. What is the first thing Nakata requests after waking from his nap?
(a) More sleep.
(b) Water.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Food.

9. Who was Mrs. Saeki trying to save when she opened the entrance stone?
(a) Her son.
(b) Her lover.
(c) Herself.
(d) Her father.

10. What does the word "Kafka" translate to from Czech?
(a) Bird.
(b) Soul.
(c) Black.
(d) Crow.

11. What type of store does Oshima's brother own?
(a) A surf shop.
(b) A pet shop.
(c) A tuxedo shop.
(d) A cake shop.

12. Who tells Hoshino that he is "a spirit - neither god not Buddha"?
(a) Kafka.
(b) Nataka.
(c) Colonel Sanders.
(d) Johnny Walker.

13. Who closes the entrance stone?
(a) Oshima.
(b) Hoshino.
(c) Mrs. Saeki.
(d) Kafka.

14. How does Nakata feel after the entrance stone is flipped?
(a) Hungry.
(b) Confused.
(c) Tired.
(d) Excited.

15. From where did Hoshino steal the entrance stone?
(a) From a cemetery.
(b) From a religious shrine.
(c) From a playground.
(d) From a river.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character reminds Kafka that "love is accompanied by sadness"?

2. What happens to Mrs. Saeki after Nakata leaves the library?

3. Whose spirit does Mrs. Saeki think is living inside Kafka's body?

4. Which of the following characters encounters Johnny Walker while walking through the woods?

5. What part of Hoshino's body pains him until Nakata fixes it for him?

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