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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is one of the girls Toru meets going to Nagano?
(a) To attend her brother's wedding.
(b) To see her boyfriend.
(c) To meet her brand-new nephew.
(d) To attend her grandfather's funeral.

2. What could Toru hear in the distance while he and Naoko were in the meadow?
(a) Cows mooing.
(b) Church bells.
(c) Cars on a highway.
(d) A barking dog.

3. What cleaning habit of Toru's roommate's actually bothered him?
(a) Spraying bugs with insecticide.
(b) Airing the mattresses.
(c) Cleaning the windows.
(d) Laundering the curtains.

4. Why is Toru sad at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) He has just heard that a friend of his is very ill.
(b) He misses Naoko.
(c) Naoko is dead.
(d) Naoko never loved him.

5. What is Naoko's first wish?
(a) That he realize how grateful she is that he visited her.
(b) That he love her for the rest of his life.
(c) That they could live in the meadow.
(d) That they would win the lottery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Midori tell Toru is being burned at her old high school?

2. What word does Naoko call "a man's word"?

3. What does Midori's family do?

4. How old is the narrator at the beginning of the novel?

5. How much weight has Naoko gained?

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