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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. What does Kazu refuse to allow Kyoko to pay for?
(a) The sandwich for Kinuyo.
(b) The woman in white's bill.
(c) Gohtaro's coffee.
(d) Her son's second orange juice.

2. Which author is quoted near the beginning of Chapter I, "Best Friends"?
(a) Hemingway.
(b) Soyinka.
(c) Dostoevsky.
(d) Dickens.

3. When Kurata visits the café to clarify the time-travel rules, what question does he ask Kazu that she does not know the answer to?
(a) Why time-travelers cannot see the other customers during time travel.
(b) What time the ghost leaves her seat each day.
(c) Whether the coffee cools at the same rate for everyone.
(d) Whether people who become ghosts are stuck in the time they traveled to.

4. What does Gohtaro do for a living?
(a) He is an interpreter.
(b) He is a web developer.
(c) He is a farmer.
(d) He runs a restaurant.

5. Why does Shuichi abruptly shift the conversation to Gohtaro's reasons for coming back into the past?
(a) He is aware that their time together is short.
(b) He is alarmed by Gohtaro's tears.
(c) He is embarrassed at Gohtaro's gratitude.
(d) He is uncomfortable with the idea of time travel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What similarity is there between Kazu's approach to art and her approach to customers at the café?

2. Why is Miki writing wishes at the beginning of the story?

3. What conclusion does Shuichi draw from the way Gohtaro handles the camera?

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

5. What is Fumiko's job?

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