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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapter I, "Best Friends" Pages 26-45.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does the narrative compare to "a sentry guarding a castle" (28)?
(a) Shuichi.
(b) Gohtero.
(c) Kaname.
(d) Nagare.

2. What lie does Gohtaro tell Shuichi about his reason for coming into the past?
(a) He claims that he simply wanted advice from an old friend.
(b) He claims that Haruka wanted to be sure her birth father knew about her wedding.
(c) He claims that he was curious to try traveling through time.
(d) He claims that future-Shuichi asked him to do it.

3. 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 refuses to believe that the object is a camera.
(c) Shuichi is suspicious about Gohtaro wanting to record him.
(d) Shuichi is jealous that Gohtaro can afford such things.

4. What causes most potential customers to lose interest in the café's ability to send people back in time?
(a) They are disappointed that they will not be able to change anything about the present.
(b) They realize that they will not be able to follow all of the café's rules.
(c) They find that the hidden cost of going back in time is too much to bear.
(d) They do not have the patience to wait as long as necessary for the time-traveling seat to be available.

5. Why does Nagare ask Gohtaro if something is wrong with his coffee?
(a) He disapproves of the commotion Gohtaro and Shuichi are causing.
(b) He is trying to eavesdrop on Gohtaro and Shuichi's conversation.
(c) He misunderstands Gohtaro's upset expression.
(d) He is reminding Gohtaro of the passing time.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Gohtaro was originally in the café, twenty-two years ago, what did he notice about the person sitting in the ghost chair?

2. What is Kazu's relationship to Miki's father?

3. What art did Kinuyo teach Kazu that Kazu now teaches others?

4. On page 36, as soon as Gohtaro presses the record button, what does Shuichi say?

5. Which best describes Shuichi's reaction when he returns from the restroom and sees the much-older Gohtaro?

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