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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. For what reason does Kitaru's long-time girlfriend agree to a date with Tanimura?
(a) She wants to feel that she has a secret from Kitaru.
(b) She thinks Tanimura is handsome.
(c) She has nothing to do on the night he invites her out.
(d) She wants to get back at Kitaru for suggesting the date.

2. What does Kafuku tell Misaki Watari is "a killer" (36)?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) The love of a woman.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Dishonesty.

3. On their date together, Tanimura and Kitaru's long-time girlfriend go to what location?
(a) The movie theater.
(b) A bar.
(c) A strip club.
(d) A restaurant.

4. What other fact is included alongside the narrator's statement that Kitaru had failed his college entrance exams twice?
(a) Kitaru had never studied for the exams.
(b) Kitaru had been ill for a long period of time before exams.
(c) Kitaru had hired an ineffective tutor.
(d) Kitaru had never wanted to attend college.

5. What major is Kitaru's long-term girlfriend pursuing?
(a) Biology.
(b) French Literature.
(c) Dance.
(d) Environmental Science.

Short Answer Questions

1. Both Kafuku and Misaki Watari agree that the play in which Kafuku is currently acting is decidedly what kind of play?

2. Kafuku describes his new, as yet unnamed, driver as having "strikingly clear eyes" (7) that look out on the world in what way?

3. When Haruki Murakami uses a simile to indicate Kafuku's level of trust in Oba, what metal does he reference?

4. Tanimura declares that the writer of the song Yesterday had recorded it in the studio with how many other people?

5. Kafuku comes away from his meeting with Oba with the impression that his new driver will be all but which of the following things?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the theme of perseverance emerge within Erika's comments about Tanimura's break-up with his high school girlfriend?

2. In what activities do Erika and Tanimura take part during their date together?

3. How is the theme of transformation depicted within the ending of the story "Drive My Car"?

4. What is the reason that many of the conversations between Kitaru and Tanimura take place through a crack in the bathroom door?

5. What precipitates Kafuku's need for a driver?

6. How do Tanimura and Kitaru first meet?

7. Compare and contrast Kitaru's and Tanimura's feelings about taking baths.

8. Provide a brief Marxist analysis of the story "Yesterday," focusing on one scene in particular to prove your claim.

9. What vivid image does Tanimura create to depict the character of Kitaru in the first few lines of the story "Yesterday"?

10. How does Kafuku feel about Misaki Watari's tendency to remain quiet as she drives?

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