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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Yesterday".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other fact is included alongside the narrator's statement that Kitaru had failed his college entrance exams twice?
(a) Kitaru had been ill for a long period of time before exams.
(b) Kitaru had never studied for the exams.
(c) Kitaru had never wanted to attend college.
(d) Kitaru had hired an ineffective tutor.

2. Kafuku describes his new, as yet unnamed, driver as having "strikingly clear eyes" (7) that look out on the world in what way?
(a) Quietly.
(b) Suspiciously.
(c) Threateningly.
(d) Lovingly.

3. What does Oba tell Kafuku about the social habits of Kafuku's future driver?
(a) He says that she talks endlessly.
(b) He says that she rarely talks.
(c) He says that she has a husband.
(d) He says that she has many friends.

4. How often does Kafuku draw "distinctions between men and women in his daily life" (4)?
(a) Seldom.
(b) Frequently.
(c) Often.
(d) Constantly.

5. The narrator states that Kafuku generally remains silent unless what condition is met?
(a) He is spoken to first.
(b) If he knows a person well and is talking to them about things that matter.
(c) He is acting.
(d) He is giving an interview to the press.

Short Answer Questions

1. When it is revealed that Kafuku's new driver's surname is Watari, what is given as her first name?

2. How old was Tanimura when he went away to college?

3. What activity does Kafuku love to do, "regardless of the season" (6)?

4. What major is Kitaru's long-term girlfriend pursuing?

5. Before their friendship ends, Takatsuki tells Kafuku that it is impossible to take what action?

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