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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. 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 reminding Gohtaro of the passing time.
(c) He is trying to eavesdrop on Gohtaro and Shuichi's conversation.
(d) He misunderstands Gohtaro's upset expression.

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

3. When Gohtaro travels into the past, what does the reader realize about the young man whom Gohtaro and Shuichi thought should be a rugby player?
(a) The young man is Nagare.
(b) The young man is Kaname's son.
(c) The young man is a ghost.
(d) The young man is Kazu's father.

4. Besides the obvious age differences, what is the only thing that has changed in the café when Gohtero returns to the past?
(a) The customers that were there that day are absent.
(b) There is traditional music playing in the background.
(c) The times on the antique clocks are synchronized.
(d) The sepia light is gone, replaced by strong white light.

5. Which is the best description of Kazu's appearance?
(a) Youthful and unformed.
(b) Intriguingly exotic.
(c) Pretty but nondescript.
(d) Strikingly beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gohtaro surmise about the woman who seems to be the girl's mother from her conversation with Nagare?

2. What does Gohtaro notice hanging on the café wall?

3. Which author is quoted near the beginning of Chapter I, "Best Friends"?

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

5. What is unusual about the coffee that Kazu pours for Gohtaro?

(see the answer key)

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