1. Norwegian Wood
Chapter 1
CD1
Page -p34

2. Question 1
Where are we when the story starts?

3. Question 2
Where are we taken to in the first flashback?

4. Question 3
Which female character are we introduced to early on? What is she like (from the point of view of the narrator)?

5. Question 4
“The smell of the grass, the faint chill of the wind, the line of the hills, the barking of a dog: these are the first things, and they come with absolute clarity. I feel as if I can reach out and trace them with a fingertip. And yet, as clear as the scene may be, no one is in it. No one. Naoko is not there, and neither am I.” p3/4 What do you think might be the significance of this quotation?

6. Question 5
What does the well represent? p7

7. Question 6
What do you think was the relationship between Naoko and the narrator based on initial impressions? Explain in detail.

8. Question 7
Where does the narrator say he was 20 years ago? p11

9. Question 8
What do you think is the narrator’s opinion of the daily flag raising? Why? p13

10. Question 9
How does the narrator describe his room? p15

11. Question 10
Who is ‘ Storm Trooper’?

12. Question 11
What was the morning routine in the dorm like?

13. Question 12
What had happened to Naoko after the year? What is her mental state?

14. Question 13
Who is ‘Kizuki’?
What was he like?

15. Question 14
What happened to him?
What happened after this?

16. Question 15
What was the final thing Naoko asked Watanabe (on this CD)?