1Q84 - Chapter 1 Quiz

What does the taxi driver say about traffic reports?

Question Answer Choices They are only sometimes correct. They are mostly lies. They are based on GPS data. They are always accurate.

What suggestion does the taxi driver give Aomame to avoid being late?

Question Answer Choices To wait for the traffic to clear. To call and reschedule her meeting. To take a different taxi on another road. To use an emergency staircase to get to the street below.

What does Aomame's name mean?

Question Answer Choices Cherry blossom. Blue sky. Green peas. Golden sun.

How does Aomame feel about the people laughing at her name?

Question Answer Choices She feels proud. She feels ridiculed. She feels indifferent. She feels amused.

What does the taxi driver say Aomame's choice to take the stairs may do?

Question Answer Choices Make her very tired. Cause her to get lost. Save her a lot of money. Change her life.

What music piece is playing on the radio while Aomame is stuck in traffic?

Question Answer Choices Janáček’s Sinfonietta. Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik. Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5.

What is Aomame doing at the beginning of 1Q84?

Question Answer Choices Having coffee in a small cafe in Shinjuku. Walking through a crowded market in Tokyo. Waiting for a train at Shibuya Station. Stuck in traffic in a taxi on the Metropolitan Expressway Number 3 in Tokyo.

What unusual feeling does Aomame experience while listening to the Sinfonietta?

Question Answer Choices A feeling of intense sadness and melancholy. An odd, wrenching kind of feeling, as if her body is being physically wrung out. A sudden burst of energy and excitement. A sense of extreme calm and relaxation.

What does Aomame reflect about the central lesson of history?

Question Answer Choices The future is always uncertain. At the time, nobody knew what was coming. People never learn from the past. History always repeats itself.

What is Aomame's reaction to the taxi driver's odd words about reality?

Question Answer Choices She asks him to explain further. She puts them out of her mind almost immediately. She laughs and dismisses them. She writes them down in her notebook.