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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Chapter III, "Lovers".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Just before Kyoko leaves the café, what does she thank Kazu for?
(a) Yohsuke's Christmas gift.
(b) Saving Yukio's life.
(c) Visiting Kinuyo's grave.
(d) A painting Kazu did for her.

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

3. When Miki and Nagare come back to the closed café later that night, what is Kazu doing?
(a) Polishing the coffee cup that Kurata used.
(b) Unwrapping a Christmas gift from her boyfriend.
(c) Finishing a painting of herself and Kinuyo.
(d) Standing alone in the dark, in front of her mother's ghost.

4. Which of the story's motifs is introduced by the Christmas tree and the extra item that Nagare adds to Kyoko's order?
(a) Bereavement.
(b) Generosity.
(c) Missed chances.
(d) Analytical thinking.

5. What object does Yukio give to his mother when he visits the past?
(a) A piece of pottery.
(b) A property deed.
(c) A paintbrush.
(d) A bank passbook.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness was Kurata diagnosed with two-and-a-half years previously?

2. When he is in the past, what sound startles Yukio just as he is beginning to relax and feel sleepy?

3. Where is the time-traveling café located?

4. What wish does Miki write on the tanzaku paper at the beginning of the story?

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

(see the answer key)

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