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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. Why did Creta Kano couple with Toru in his dream?
(a) She is ridiculously attracted to him.
(b) She felt sorry for him.
(c) She intends to blackmail him.
(d) Malta asked her to.

2. Who eventually rescues Toru from the well?
(a) May Kasahara.
(b) Creta Kano.
(c) Kumiko.
(d) Malta Kano.

3. What horrific action does the man with the guitar case undertake in Toru's dream in Chapter 16?
(a) He sets himself on fire.
(b) He drowns himself.
(c) He skins himself.
(d) He castrates himself.

4. At the end of Chapter 2, Malta Kano calls Toru Okada to set up a meeting between him and whom?
(a) Kumiko.
(b) Noboru Wataya.
(c) Creta Kano.
(d) His uncle.

5. What does Toru decide he needs to purchase at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) New clothes.
(b) A ticket to Crete.
(c) The Miyawaki well.
(d) A car.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, Lieutenant Mamiya describes a secret mission he and Honda were a part of. What country did this mission illegally enter?

2. Topographically, where is the town in which May Kasahara is working in Chapter 5?

3. What tune is the waiter whistling in Toru's Chapter 8 dream?

4. In a reminiscence in Chapter 9, why does Kumiko refuse to speak to Toru Okada for three days?

5. What sensation is Creta Kano surprised to feel when Noboru Wataya has sex with her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Toru Okada discover while shaving in Chapter 12?

2. Why does Toru Okada choose to go into the well behind the old Miyawaki house?

3. Describe Nutmeg.

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

5. What information does Malt Kano provide Toru Okada in their first meeting in Chapter 3?

6. Describe Toru Okada's dream in Chapter 2.

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

8. How does May Kasahara describe her situation in Chapter 5?

9. What does the unnamed boy see in Chapter 3?

10. Why is a local tabloid so concerned with the the Miyawaki house in Chapter 7?

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