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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator states that the conversations between Kafuku and Takatsuki always come back to what topic?
(a) Takatsuki.
(b) Kafuku's late wife.
(c) Politics.
(d) Love.

2. The title of the story "Yesterday" is an allusion to a song by what band?
(a) The Hives.
(b) The Rolling Stones.
(c) The Misfits.
(d) The Beatles.

3. Kitaru remarks that his parents are constantly nagging him about what element of his behavior?
(a) He rarely calls home.
(b) He has not declared a major.
(c) He has not asked his long-time girlfriend to marry him.
(d) He does not study enough.

4. What had been Kafuku's original intentions when he had first contacted Takatsuki?
(a) He had wanted to discover some fatal flaw with which to torture Takatsuki.
(b) He had wanted to invite Takatsuki to a dinner party.
(c) He had wanted to serve Takatsuki with a subpoena.
(d) He had wanted to kill Takatsuki.

5. For what reason has Kitaru not had sex with his long-time girlfriend by the time Tanimura accompanies the couple on a date?
(a) Kitaru's long-time girlfriend is committed to waiting until marriage.
(b) Kitaru's religious faith requires his chastity until marriage.
(c) Kitaru sees his long-time girlfriend as more of a sister than as a girlfriend.
(d) Kitaru struggles with erectile dysfunction.

Short Answer Questions

1. In college, Tanimura had worked in what type of establishment with Kitaru?

2. What action does Misaki Watari take that makes Kafuku think that the action must be one that everyone in Junitakicho undertakes?

3. When making a point about the obscurity of the Kansai dialect, Kitaru's long-time girlfriend declares that no one has ever translated which book into the Kansai dialect?

4. Kafuku thinks upon meeting his new driver that there is something what "about her face" (7)?

5. What favor does the man who services Kafuku's car do for Kafuku at the beginning of the story?

(see the answer key)

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