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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. When the narrator says that Yukio "felt like he had fallen into a deep crevasse," which is the best definition of "crevasse" (66)?
(a) Dilemma.
(b) Swamp.
(c) Hole.
(d) Depression.

2. Who asks Kazu about her age?
(a) Kyoko.
(b) Miki.
(c) Kiyoshi.
(d) Nagare.

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) Standing alone in the dark, in front of her mother's ghost.
(c) Unwrapping a Christmas gift from her boyfriend.
(d) Finishing a painting of herself and Kinuyo.

4. 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) What time the ghost leaves her seat each day.
(b) Whether people who become ghosts are stuck in the time they traveled to.
(c) Whether the coffee cools at the same rate for everyone.
(d) Why time-travelers cannot see the other customers during time travel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Fumiko's job?

2. From the context, what is it likely "sakura" means when Shuichi tells Haruka that "the sakura were in full bloom" on the day of her birth (36)?

3. What motivates Shuichi to comment about what a nice suit Gohtaro is wearing?

4. Which author is quoted near the beginning of Chapter I, "Best Friends"?

5. When Kurata visits the café to learn more about the time-travel rules, which rule is he most interested in clarifying?

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