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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. Why does Yukio leave the café to make his phone call?
(a) He is frightened to be alone with the ghost.
(b) He wants to smoke a last cigarette.
(c) He does not want Kazu to overhear.
(d) There is no signal in the café.

2. Who convinces Gohtaro to finally go inside the café?
(a) A regular customer.
(b) The waitress.
(c) The cook.
(d) The owner.

3. During the conversation between Kazu and Kyoko, what is Kiyoshi doing?
(a) Dozing over a novel.
(b) Staring at his notebook.
(c) Watching the ghost uneasily.
(d) Trying to get Kazu's attention.

4. How does Kyoko react to Nagare's suggestion about a present for Kiyoshi's wife?
(a) She dismisses it as completely unhelpful.
(b) She praises it effusively, saying she wishes her husband thought like Nagare.
(c) She politely suggests a slight improvement in the plan.
(d) She laughs and tells Nagare he does not understand women.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does Miki use a few words from when she comes into the café?

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

3. Whom does Yukio call when he goes outside?

4. Whom does Gohtaro think that the woman who seems to be the young girl's mother looks very like?

5. Who is the author of Tales from the Café?

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