The Wind-up Bird Chronicle Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 147 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Wind-up Bird Chronicle Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 147 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. What object does Toru Okada discover in the well in Chapter 8?
(a) A box.
(b) A beer.
(c) A bat.
(d) A necktie.

2. What town is Toru Okada in when Kumiko call to tell him she had an abortion?
(a) Osaka.
(b) Takematsu.
(c) Sapporo.
(d) Kyoto.

3. What errand is Toru Okada running at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) Picking up groceries.
(b) Delivering his wife's dry cleaning.
(c) Filing his household's taxes.
(d) Getting a new watch battery.

4. How many years after Kumiko and Toru are married does she become unexpectedly pregnant?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

5. After how many days of people-watching does Toru Okada see the man with the guitar case?
(a) 17.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 11.

Short Answer Questions

1. What remembrance from the dead Honda does Lieutenant Mamiya give Toru Okada at the end of Chapter 13?

2. How does the actress in the Miyawaki house kill herself?

3. Who eventually rescues Toru from the well?

4. What does Toru decide he needs to purchase at the end of Chapter 1?

5. Who is the prophesied caller beginning with "O" that calls Toru Okada in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the marital tiff the Okada's have as related in Chapter 9?

2. Describe Kumiko and Toru Okada's first date.

3. What painful admission does May Kasahara make in Chapter 15?

4. Why is Lieutenant Mamiya uncomfortable with his mission with Yanamoto?

5. What strange event happens involving a bar folk singer in Chapter 7?

6. How does Kumiko explain her own disappearance in her letter of Chapter 11?

7. Why are the Okadas estranged from the Watayas?

8. What two requests does Creta Kano make of Toru Okada in Chapter 14 and how does he respond?

9. Why does Toru Okada stay in the well longer than he intended?

10. Describe the interchange Toru has with the woman on the bench in Chapter 2?

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