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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 is Kazu's relationship to Miki's father?
(a) They are business partners.
(b) They are siblings.
(c) They are married.
(d) They are cousins.

2. What sport did Gohtaro and Shuichi play together in college?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Rugby.
(d) Soccer.

3. Which best describes Shuichi's reaction when he returns from the restroom and sees the much-older Gohtaro?
(a) Amused.
(b) Thrilled.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Hostile.

4. What did Kinuyo give her son when he left for Kyoto?
(a) A photograph.
(b) A pocket watch.
(c) A letter.
(d) Money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness did Yukio contract when he was two years old?

2. When Asami addresses Kurata "brusquely," what does this indicate her tone is (97)?

3. When the narrator describes Kazu's voice as having "gravitas," what quality is he ascribing to her voice (67)?

4. What significant event on the previous day is part of the reason for the timing of Yukio's visit to the café?

5. Which is the best description of how Yukio feels when he returns to the present?

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