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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kamita gives Kino what explicit advice as Kino sets off on his long journey?
(a) He tells Kino to call Kino's aunt frequently during the trip.
(b) He tells Kino not to stay in one place for too long.
(c) He tells Kino to meet many nice friends during his travels.
(d) He tells Kino not to speak to anyone during his trip.

2. Within one of Scheherazade's stories, she confides in Habara that she had been a high school junior when she first took what action?
(a) Had a vision of her former life as a different creature.
(b) Kissed a boy.
(c) Took an illegal drug.
(d) Broke into someone's house.

3. Dr. Tokai believes that upon reaching adolescence, all kids become what?
(a) Sex-obsessed.
(b) Rude.
(c) Arrogant.
(d) Closed.

4. For what reason does Kino quit his job in the sporting goods industry?
(a) He is in love with a colleague and does not want to be unfaithful to his wife.
(b) He wants to get out of the sporting goods business.
(c) He asks for a raise and does not get it.
(d) He discovers that his wife has been having an affair with his best friend at the company.

5. What does Goto tell the narrator had been the cause of Dr. Tokai's decision to live no longer?
(a) Dr. Tokai's one love had left him for a younger man after she had taken a great deal of money from Dr. Tokai.
(b) Dr. Tokai's one love had committed suicide.
(c) Dr. Tokai had forced himself to break up with his one love and had then regretted his decision.ant
(d) Dr. Tokai had wanted to keep seeing other women and had lost his one love as a result.

6. How many children does the narrator of "An Independent Organ" have?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 0.
(d) 1.

7. What object does Dr. Tokai instruct to be given to the narrator upon Dr. Tokai's death?
(a) A clock.
(b) A lightbulb.
(c) A squash racket.
(d) A picnic basket.

8. Dr. Tokai's girlfriends always display which quality?
(a) They are always models.
(b) They are always thin.
(c) They are always married or have steady boyfriends.
(d) They are always rich.

9. What objects had been on Habara's bedside table upon his arrival at the house north of Tokyo?
(a) Bottles of liquor.
(b) Coins.
(c) X-rays.
(d) Condoms.

10. What kind of doctor is Dr. Tokai?
(a) A psychologist.
(b) A plastic surgeon.
(c) A dentist.
(d) A podiatrist.

11. How does the narrator of "An Independent Organ" describe the level of success enjoyed by Dr. Tokai's medical practice?
(a) Breaking even.
(b) Booming business.
(c) Dwindling prospects.
(d) Mountains of debt.

12. After what event does Habara's support liaison always tell him a story?
(a) Sex.
(b) Lunch.
(c) Dinner.
(d) A kiss.

13. The narrator begins the story "An Independent Organ" by announcing that Dr. Tokai had lived what type of life?
(a) Artificial.
(b) Deceptive.
(c) Monotonous.
(d) Ersatz.

14. What phrase does Dr. Tokai use to describe what his friends all tell him about parenting?
(a) Sales pitch.
(b) Wishful thinking.
(c) Smoke screen.
(d) Mirage in the desert.

15. The protagonist of the story "Kino" owns what type of establishment?
(a) A bookstore.
(b) A banquet hall.
(c) A bowling alley.
(d) A bar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of animal takes up residence in Kino's bar after he opens it but before other customers start to arrive?

2. The day after Kino and his female customer have sex, what time does Kino awake to find the woman gone?

3. What kind of blemishes does Kino's female customer reveal to him the night they have sex?

4. How had Dr. Tokai acquired his medical practice?

5. The narrator describes truly happy families as occurring as frequently as what other phenomenon?

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