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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. When Kafka wakes from his blackout, what is he covered in?
(a) Blood.
(b) Tar.
(c) Feathers.
(d) Water.

2. Who does Nakata ask for help in purchasing a train ticket?
(a) A white tabby cat.
(b) An elderly black man.
(c) Two business women.
(d) Two school children.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the elementary school teacher claim to see in the sky right before the children passed out in the woods?

2. Which of the following adjectives best describes Hoshino's speech?

3. When Kafka wakes up in the middle of a blackout, where has he sleepwalked to?

4. Who prophesies that fish will fall from the sky?

5. What does Natsume Soseki do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Kafka react when Sakura begins telling him about her boyfriend, who lives in Tokyo?

5. How does the police officer on duty react to Nakata's confession of stabbing a man to death?

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

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

8. What hypothesis does Doctor Shigenori Tsukayama make about what happened to the school children in the woods?

9. What unusual prophecy does Nakata make before leaving the police station?

10. How does Kafka negotiate a cheaper rate at the hotel where he is staying?

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