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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 old is Kafka when he decides to run away from home?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Seventeen.

2. What career path made Adolf Eichmann famous?
(a) He was a psychologist.
(b) He was an architect.
(c) He was a nazi.
(d) He was an anthropologist.

3. How long does Kafka spend unattended at Oshima's cottage?
(a) Three months.
(b) Three days.
(c) Three years.
(d) Three weeks.

4. Which of the following adjectives best describes Kafka's relationship with his father?
(a) Abusive.
(b) Distant.
(c) Loving.
(d) Strained.

5. Which of the following is Dr. Shigenori Tsukayama's specialty?
(a) Pediatrics.
(b) Orthodontics.
(c) Psychiatry.
(d) Neurology.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Johnny Walker keep the severed heads of the cats he has sacrificed?

2. What is the name of the city that Kafka runs away to?

3. How did the doctors transport the unconscious children away from the site where they fell?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What strange proposition does Johnny Walker make to Nakata?

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

3. What does Johnny Walker keep stored in his walk-in freezer?

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

5. What happened to all of Nakata's money after he lost his job?

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

7. What happened to the elementary school teacher and her class in November, 1944?

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

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

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

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