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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. When Gohtaro returns to the present, what is the first thing that he wants to do?
(a) Check the recording of Shuichi to make sure it was not all a dream.
(b) Thank Nagare for saving him twice during his journey into the past.
(c) Get out of the ghost chair before Kaname returns.
(d) Find out from Kazu who Kaname really is.

2. When Yukio apologizes to his mother and asks for her forgiveness, what is he responding to?
(a) Kinuyo would suffer deeply should Yukio choose not return to the future.
(b) Kinuyo would be less lonely should Yukio choose to stay in the past with her.
(c) Kinuyo knows her son has been lying to her about his success.
(d) Kinuyo knows she is about to die and that Yukio is not trying to prevent this.

3. After Kyoko leaves, who is in the café with Kazu?
(a) The ghost.
(b) Miki.
(c) Nagare.
(d) Kiyoshi.

4. With whom does Kinuyo enter the café when Yukio is in the past?
(a) Kyoko.
(b) Kazu.
(c) Yohsuke.
(d) A man Yukio does not know.

5. What language does Miki use a few words from when she comes into the café?
(a) Gaelic.
(b) Italian.
(c) Swahili.
(d) French.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens immediately after Yukio leaves the café to make a phone call?

2. How does Kyoko react to Nagare's suggestion about a present for Kiyoshi's wife?

3. Who enters the café just after Kurata finally finishes his coffee and disappears?

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

5. What causes Asami to burst into tears after Kurata has disappeared from the café?

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