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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do the police suspect has hired Nakata as a hit man?
(a) Mrs. Saeki.
(b) Johnny Walker.
(c) Kafka.
(d) Oshima.

2. Which war does Oshima have a fantasy of fighting in?
(a) The Spanish Civil War.
(b) The American Civil War.
(c) Desert Storm.
(d) WWI.

3. What does Kafka bring with him into the woods in case he should decide to kill himself?
(a) A gun.
(b) A handful of arsenic.
(c) A noose.
(d) A knife.

4. What beverage does Kafka bring to Mrs. Saeki every day at the same time?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Tea.
(c) Wine.
(d) Sake.

5. Why does Kafka think his mother abandoned him?
(a) Because his father demanded it.
(b) Because she was afraid of loving him.
(c) Because she hated him.
(d) Because she was not his real mother.

6. Which of the following items is NOT a theme in the song "Kafka on the Shore"?
(a) Knives.
(b) The Sphynx.
(c) Fish.
(d) Cats.

7. How old was Mrs. Saeki when she opened the entrance stone for the first time?
(a) 20.
(b) 30.
(c) 40.
(d) 10.

8. How does Johnny Walker react when someone tries to kill him in the woods?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He faints.
(c) He weeps.
(d) He ignores the attack completely.

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

10. What form does pure evil take when it tries to sneak through the entrance stone?
(a) The form of a salamander.
(b) The form of a butterfly.
(c) The form of an otter.
(d) The form of a kitten.

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

12. How does Hoshino carry the entrance stone back to his hotel room?
(a) In his pocket.
(b) In a wagon.
(c) In a taxi cab.
(d) In a backpack.

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

14. Which character reminds Kafka that "love is accompanied by sadness"?
(a) Mrs.Saeki.
(b) Nakata.
(c) Oshima.
(d) Hoshino.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hoshino promise to take Nakata when things blow over with the police?

2. Which of the following Greek mythologies is a parallel to Kafka's life?

3. What dream does Kafka have about Sakura when he is lost in the woods?

4. Who is asked to kill evil before it can escape through the entrance stone?

5. On what day do Nakata and Hoshino arrive at the library?

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