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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Habara name as something his support liaison, whom he calls Scheherazade, never says out loud?
(a) His name.
(b) Her age.
(c) Her own wishes.
(d) The number of children she has.

2. At what point in her life does Scheherazade say she had realized her former status as a particular creature?
(a) During high school.
(b) During elementary school.
(c) During college.
(d) During junior high school.

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

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

5. The narrator describes truly happy families as occurring as frequently as what other phenomenon?
(a) Hat tricks in soccer.
(b) Perfect games in backgammon.
(c) Living longer than one's spouse.
(d) Finding a needle in a haystack.

6. For how long had Dr. Tokai been seeing the married woman before he had fallen in love with her?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 1 1/2 years.

7. The narrator of "An Independent Organ" states that most of the story's contents come from what source?
(a) The narrator's pure conjecture.
(b) Dr. Tokai's comments to the narrator.
(c) Comments to the narrator from people close to Dr. Tokai.
(d) A series of recorded interviews with Dr. Tokai.

8. According to the narrator, for how many years has Dr. Tokai been performing the same romance rituals?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 40.

9. When Kino and his ex-wife meet once their divorce is finalized, what does Kino's wife say she has been wanting to tell Kino?
(a) That she is engaged.
(b) That she is pregnant with Kino's child.
(c) That she is sorry for cheating on him.
(d) That she wants to resume their relationship.

10. What three words does Habara record in his diary the day Scheherazade tells him about her former life as a different creature?
(a) Scheherazade, praying mantis, and former lives.
(b) Scheherazade, snake, and former lives.
(c) Scheherazade, lamprey, and former lives.
(d) Scheherazade, koala, and former lives.

11. How often does Scheherazade come to see Habara?
(a) Twice a week.
(b) Every day.
(c) Once a week.
(d) Twice a month.

12. The day after Kino and his female customer have sex, what time does Kino awake to find the woman gone?
(a) Nearly noon.
(b) Nearly three in the afternoon.
(c) Nearly ten in the morning.
(d) Nearly six in the morning.

13. The narrator of "An Independent Organ" describes his own marital status in what way?
(a) Married with reservations.
(b) Divorced.
(c) Married.
(d) Single.

14. Where do Kino and his female customer go in order to have sex with one another?
(a) To the female customer's apartment.
(b) To a hotel across the street from the bar.
(c) Upstairs to Kino's apartment.
(d) Downstairs to the bar's basement.

15. How many years older than Habara is Scheherazade?
(a) 4.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Scheherazade's days coming to see Habara are not fixed, it is specified that she never comes when?

2. How does the narrator of "An Independent Organ" describe the level of success enjoyed by Dr. Tokai's medical practice?

3. The protagonist of the story "Kino" owns what type of establishment?

4. What object does Dr. Tokai instruct to be given to the narrator upon Dr. Tokai's death?

5. What is the cause of Dr. Tokai's death?

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