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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 does Gohtaro notice hanging on the café wall?
(a) Paintings of ghosts.
(b) A metronome.
(c) Antique clocks.
(d) A large hourglass.

2. What quality is conveyed by the "sepia" lighting in the café?
(a) The café is dirty and run-down.
(b) The café seems very old.
(c) The café might be dangerous.
(d) The café is a cheerful place.

3. What question does Kazu ask Yukio that he refuses to answer?
(a) Why he did not attend his mother's funeral.
(b) Whether he intends to leave anything behind in the past.
(c) Whether he is angry at Kyoko for keeping Kinuyo's illness a secret.
(d) Why he wants to travel into the past.

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

5. How long has Yukio been deep in debt?
(a) Three years.
(b) Seven years.
(c) Nine years.
(d) Five years.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Yukio apologizes to his mother and asks for her forgiveness, what is he responding to?

2. What kind of drawing does Kazu specialize in?

3. What new café rule does the reader learn about in "Mother and Son"?

4. Why does Yukio leave the café to make his phone call?

5. What are the repetitions of the isolated, bolded words "clang-dong" meant to signify?

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