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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Chapter III, "Lovers".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Goro think is probably true about Kurata's meeting with Asami?
(a) Kurata simply wanted one last Christmas memory with Asami.
(b) Kurata believed that he could change reality by meeting with Asami.
(c) Kurata had a secret to tell Asami.
(d) Kurata knew that Asami was lying to him.

2. What is Shuichi's primary response to seeing the camera that Gohtaro has brought with him?
(a) Shuichi is impressed with the technology.
(b) Shuichi is suspicious about Gohtaro wanting to record him.
(c) Shuichi is jealous that Gohtaro can afford such things.
(d) Shuichi refuses to believe that the object is a camera.

3. Where is the woman that Gohtaro thinks is the young girl's mother taking the child?
(a) To her new-student orientation.
(b) To see her newborn cousin.
(c) To view the cherry blossoms.
(d) To buy supplies for the café.

4. From the context, what is it likely "sakura" means when Shuichi tells Haruka that "the sakura were in full bloom" on the day of her birth (36)?
(a) Hydrangeas.
(b) Chrysanthemums.
(c) Cherry blossoms.
(d) Irises.

5. Why does Shuichi abruptly shift the conversation to Gohtaro's reasons for coming back into the past?
(a) He is uncomfortable with the idea of time travel.
(b) He is embarrassed at Gohtaro's gratitude.
(c) He is alarmed by Gohtaro's tears.
(d) He is aware that their time together is short.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the book that the woman in the white dress used to read?

2. Besides a love of insects, what does the narrator say links Japanese culture to the other culture discussed in the opening of "Mother and Son"?

3. When Nagare pops his head out of the kitchen at the beginning of the story, what does he offer Kurata?

4. What is distinctive about the taste of the coffee served at the café?

5. Besides Japanese culture, which other culture does the narrator say is especially fond of insects?

(see the answer key)

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