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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapter II, "Mother and Son" Pages 47-64.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Kazu's relationship to Miki's father?
(a) They are siblings.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) They are married.
(d) They are business partners.

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

3. In her lyrics on page 56, to what does Miki compare Nagare?
(a) A barnyard smell.
(b) A farting insect.
(c) A long fall night.
(d) A sputtering kettle.

4. On page 36, as soon as Gohtaro presses the record button, what does Shuichi say?
(a) "This is very strange, Gohtaro."
(b) "Don't worry, everything's okay."
(c) "To Haruka, twenty-two years from now."
(d) "You know...you've always been a terrible liar."

5. What similarity is there between Kazu's approach to art and her approach to customers at the café?
(a) They are both analytical.
(b) They are both intuitive.
(c) They are both objective.
(d) They are both spontaneous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of drawing does Kazu specialize in?

2. What does Kazu refuse to allow Kyoko to pay for?

3. When does Kazu tell Miki she will be old enough to pour the coffee?

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

5. 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)?

(see the answer key)

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