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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. How were Shuichi and his wife killed?
(a) A plane crash.
(b) A traffic accident.
(c) A robbery.
(d) A fire.

2. Why does Kazu especially enjoy the café after closing?
(a) She knows that it means she will be back home soon.
(b) She is not much of a "people person."
(c) She takes pride in cleaning and straightening the café.
(d) She likes to work quietly without thinking.

3. What is the title of the book that the woman in the white dress used to read?
(a) Mother and Son.
(b) Samoa.
(c) The Cherry Blossoms.
(d) Lovers.

4. What does Shuichi do just before urging Gohtaro to get started with the recording?
(a) Blows his nose and wipes away his tears.
(b) Whispers something to himself.
(c) Gets up to go to the restroom again.
(d) Feels Gohtaro's coffee cup.

5. What is a "mimetic expression" (47)?
(a) One that imitates a feeling generated by the thing it names.
(b) One that conveys emphasis by understating a feeling.
(c) One that imitates the sound of the thing it names.
(d) One that conveys a comparison indirectly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the time-traveling café?

2. Where is the woman that Gohtaro thinks is the young girl's mother taking the child?

3. When Gohtaro and Shuichi first meet again in the past, how does Gohtaro see himself acting in front of his old friend?

4. Who sings a song about crickets in the opening of "Mother and Son"?

5. While Gohtaro is fumbling with the camera on page 34, what does Shuichi tell him he still needs to work on?

(see the answer key)

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