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

2. Which of the following characters encounters Johnny Walker while walking through the woods?
(a) Kafka.
(b) Oshima.
(c) Crow.
(d) Hoshino.

3. What relationship does Kafka think he has with Mrs. Saeki?
(a) He thinks Mrs. Saeki is his sister.
(b) He thinks Mrs. Saeki is his aunt.
(c) He thinks Mrs. Saeki is his grandmother.
(d) He thinks Mrs. Saeki is his mother.

4. How was Mrs. Saeki punished for opening the entrance stone?
(a) With everlasting life.
(b) With the inability to love.
(c) With no memory of her past.
(d) With a song that would never leave her head.

5. What type of people did Mrs. Saeki write a book about?
(a) People who had died and come back to life.
(b) People who had been abandoned as children.
(c) People who had been struck by lightning.
(d) People who had unusual animals as pets.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following characters lies about seeing Kafka in order to protect him from the searching police?

3. What does Kafka feel connected to in nature as he is wandering through the woods?

4. What does Kafka bring with him into the woods in case he should decide to kill himself?

5. How does the entrance stone change before it opens?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conversation does Hoshino get into with the elderly coffee shop owner the day that the entrance stone is flipped?

2. Who is Colonel Sanders?

3. What is the origin of Kafka's name?

4. While wandering through the woods, what disturbing dream does Kafka have about Sakura?

5. How does evil try to escape Limbo?

6. How does Colonel Sanders explain his physical form to Hoshino?

7. How do Nakata and Hoshino know that the entrance stone is working?

8. What book did Mrs.Saeki write after collecting interviews?

9. What arrangements does Colonel Sanders make for Nakata and Hoshino while the police are on their manhunt?

10. How does Mrs. Saeki react when Kafka confronts her about the possibility that she is his mother?

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