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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. Besides a love of insects, what does the narrator say links Japanese culture to the other culture discussed in the opening of "Mother and Son"?
(a) Traditional foods.
(b) Traditional etiquette.
(c) Language features.
(d) Pottery techniques.

2. 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 the coffee cools at the same rate for everyone.
(c) Why time-travelers cannot see the other customers during time travel.
(d) Whether people who become ghosts are stuck in the time they traveled to.

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

4. What causes Asami to burst into tears after Kurata has disappeared from the café?
(a) She realizes she has lost Fumiko's ring.
(b) Miki hands her the gift from Kurata.
(c) Miki reads Kurata's wish aloud.
(d) She sees a photo of Kazu as a baby.

5. What is Kyoko's reaction to Kazu asking about her brother?
(a) She is embarrassed.
(b) She is anxious.
(c) She is irritated.
(d) She is startled.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kyoko believe about her brother not attending their mother's funeral?

2. What did Kinuyo give her son when he left for Kyoto?

3. Who is Nagare?

4. How long has Yukio been deep in debt?

5. What is a "mimetic expression" (47)?

(see the answer key)

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