Question

One of these characters, who is the only named character in his novel, has his name changed in a dream in which the protagonist talks to The Chauffeur. In a story within a novel, a train-hopping young man hides from these characters in a bell tower while in a town filled with them. In another novel, a freezer full of the heads (10[1])of these (10[1])characters, (10[1])which are being used to create a magic (10[1])flute, inspires a man to kill (10[1])the murderous Johnnie Walker. In that novel, (10[2])an illiterate man uses his ability to talk to these (10[1])characters (10[1])for his job of finding them. While searching for one of these characters at his wife’s behest, the protagonist discovers a dried-up well (10[1])in “The Thieving Magpie,” the opening section of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name these (10[1])recurring pets (10[1])in the novels of Haruki Murakami. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: cats [or felines; accept kittens or kitty or kitties; prompt on pets or animals] (The first three sentences are from, respectively, A Wild Sheep Chase, 1Q84, and Kafka on the Shore.)
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