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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 word do May's parents have to explain to her regarding the Miyawakis in Chapter 28?
(a) Alleviate.
(b) Tragedy.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Abscond.

2. What strange part of her anatomy does Malto Kano reveal in Chapter 30?
(a) Cloven hooves.
(b) A tail.
(c) Male genitalia.
(d) A third breast.

3. In Chapter 15, which of the following bits of information does Ushikawa know about Toru?
(a) His near-infidelity.
(b) His role as a healer.
(c) How much he owes on the property.
(d) His connection to Creta Kano.

4. What is the healing room of the Residence made up to look like in Chapter 17?
(a) A fitting room.
(b) A doctor's office.
(c) A jail cell.
(d) A confessional.

5. What does May think she hears at the end of Chapter 36?
(a) Her boyfriend's laugh.
(b) Perfect silence.
(c) A storm approaching.
(d) Toru screaming for her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose words does Toru remember after killing Noboru Wataya in Room 208?

2. What does the mysterious woman give Toru in Chapter 34?

3. How does Ushikawa describe the work he does from Noboru Wataya?

4. What does May do the night when she feels genuinely happy?

5. Where are Toru and May Kasahara as they talk in Chapter 39?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Cinnamon.

2. What two bits of strange information does Malta Kano provide Toru in Chapter 30?

3. How does May Kasahara express her attitude to her wigs in Chapter 15?

4. What plan does Kumiko reveal in Chapter 17?

5. How does Lieutenant Mamiya meet Boris the Manskinner for the second time?

6. What offer does Noboru Wataya make Toru Okada in Chapter 13?

7. What does the tabloid in Chapter 21 determine about the dummy corporation that owns the hanging house?

8. What plans do most women in May Kasahara's factory have?

9. Describe Mamiya's assassination attempt on Boris in Chapter 32.

10. What questions about The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle does Toru have in Chapter 27?

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