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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 happens immediately after Yukio leaves the café to make a phone call?
(a) The ghost gets up from her seat.
(b) Nagare bumps into him on the stairs.
(c) He realizes that he has left his phone inside.
(d) Kazu locks the outer door.

2. What does the expression "in a pickle" mean (32)?
(a) Unable to make a move.
(b) In a sour mood.
(c) Unable to understand.
(d) In a tricky situation.

3. Who bought the café's Christmas tree?
(a) Kazu's boyfriend.
(b) Kazu.
(c) Nagare's wife.
(d) Nagare.

4. What detail does the narrator offer about the wholesaler that foreshadows his eventual disappearance?
(a) He does not pay his bills on time.
(b) His business is newly established.
(c) He complains of large debts.
(d) No one in Kyoto has heard of him before.

5. What is Kyoko's objection to Gohtaro's plan to travel back into the past?
(a) She thinks he is not being honest with himself about what he hopes to achieve.
(b) She thinks it will be alarming for his friend.
(c) She believes that it is unnatural to try to subvert the normal flow of time.
(d) She does not believe it is really possible.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Yukio leave the café to make his phone call?

2. What did Kinuyo give her son when he left for Kyoto?

3. What significant event on the previous day is part of the reason for the timing of Yukio's visit to the café?

4. What kind of dancer does the narrator compare Kazu to as she pours the coffee?

5. How old is Gohtaro's daughter?

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