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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter II, "Mother and Son" Pages 65-81.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What art did Kinuyo teach Kazu that Kazu now teaches others?
(a) Woodblock printing.
(b) Painting.
(c) Calligraphy.
(d) Flower arranging.

2. What does Kazu ask Yukio just before she pours the coffee?
(a) She asks him to forgive himself for missing the funeral.
(b) She asks him to pass on her regards to his mother.
(c) She asks him to consider her feelings of responsibility for him.
(d) She asks him to reconcile with his sister.

3. Why does Yukio regret it immediately after he blurts out that it looks as if Kinuyo has lost weight?
(a) He knows that it is impolite to comment on his mother's appearance.
(b) He does not want to draw attention to her illness.
(c) Her weight has always been a sore subject with Kinuyo.
(d) He suspects that his mother's poverty prevents her from getting enough food.

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

5. What is implied when the narrator says that, upon hearing of his mother's death, Yukio "heard a tautly stretched string snapping inside his head" (66)?
(a) He was enraged at Kyoko's duplicity and wanted revenge.
(b) He decided that there was no longer any reason to strive to repay his debt.
(c) He realized that nothing more prevented him from committing suicide.
(d) He felt deep shame at having stayed away from his mother for so long.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the woman in white doing when Gohtaro is talking with Kyoko and Kazu?

2. What illness did Yukio contract when he was two years old?

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 physical details are frequently used to identify Nagare to the reader?

5. Where is the time-traveling café located?

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