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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 Mrs. Saeki's spirit that keeps Kafka company in the deserted village?
(a) Five years old.
(b) Twenty years old.
(c) Ten years old.
(d) Fifteen years old.

2. What film does Kafka watch upon arriving at the desolate village?
(a) The Wizard of Oz.
(b) The Sound of Music.
(c) Mary Poppins.
(d) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

3. Whose spirit does Mrs. Saeki think is living inside Kafka's body?
(a) Franz Kafka's.
(b) She thinks Kafka has an empty soul.
(c) Her dead lover's.
(d) Kafka's father's.

4. Who does the spirit really belong to that visits Kafka?
(a) The Virgin Mary.
(b) Sakura.
(c) Mrs. Saeki.
(d) His mother.

5. Which of the following is NOT something Hoshino does to pass the time while Nakata sleeps?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Reading a book.
(c) Eating food.
(d) Drinking alcohol.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following groups of people disappeared in the woods near Oshima's cabin?

2. What classical musician is the topic of conversation at the coffee shop that Hoshino frequents?

3. What does Colonel Sanders do for a living?

4. What weather storms into the city after Hoshino steals the entrance stone?

5. After Nakata dies, who inherits his ability to understand animals?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Colonel Sanders?

2. What happens to Nakata when Mrs. Saeki rests her hands against his chest?

3. How does Kafka react when he is approached by the Japanese soldiers in Oshima's woods?

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

5. How does Mrs. Saeki respond when Nakata bursts into her office demanding to talk about the entrance stone?

6. How does Hoshino care for Nakata after he dies?

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

8. Why does Oshima wake Kafka in the middle of the night with a frantic phone call?

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

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

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