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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Nagasawa's major?

2. What cleaning habit of Toru's roommate's actually bothered him?

3. What shape is Naoko's barrette?

4. What picture hung on the wall in Toru's dorm room?

5. How many patients are at Ami Hostel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nagasawa tell Toru are his reasons for wanting to join the Foreign Ministry?

2. Describe Area C.

3. How did Ami Hostel come into existence?

4. Why does Naoko get angry at Toru in the meadow?

5. What did Naoko tell Toru in the letter she sent him in July 1969?

6. Describe the day Kizuki died.

7. Why is Naoko's roommate referred to as "Dr. Ishida"?

8. How did Naoko and Toru spend their afternoon together after meeting on the train?

9. What is Midori's job?

10. What was the "field well"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the themes Murakami develops throughout "Norwegian Wood" is the idea of a connection between the mind and the body. Choose two characters and discuss how that connection or disconnection is exhibited in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

In what way does Murakami use sex to represent the ways in which people communicate with one another? Please use at least three examples.

Essay Topic 3

One of the themes of this novel is the superficiality of things and people and the world. Discuss how Murakami develops this theme in "Norwegian Wood."

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