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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Nakata react when he sees some bikers beating a man at the truck stop?
(a) He is confused.
(b) He is enraged.
(c) He is terrified.
(d) He is amused.

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

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

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

5. How old was Sakura when she ran away from home?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Fifteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of fish falls from the sky, exactly as prophesied?

2. What word fills in the note that Oshima wrote in the margins of Kafka's book: "One must act responsibly for one's ________"?

3. What creature falls from the sky while Nakata is watching the beating at the truck stop?

4. Which of the following characters claims to have been born with both female and male genitalia?

5. What is the first meal Oshima and Kafka eat together?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conclusion did Doctor Nakazawa reach after testing the sixteen school children found unconscious in the woods?

2. What information does Kafka provide to Sakura about his sister?

3. What trade did Nakata learn when he was in elementary school?

4. What does the elementary school teacher admit is the truth of what happened to Nakata in the woods?

5. How does Johnny Walker entice Nakata to kill him?

6. What happened to the man that Mrs. Saeki fell in love with as a teenager?

7. In what situation is it possible for a body and soul to become separated without the body dying?

8. What does Hoshino do during the time that Nakata sleeps at their hotel?

9. What warning does Oshima give to Kafka before dropping him off at the cabin in the woods?

10. Who is Hoshino, and why does he decide to take Nakata on the road with him?

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