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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: Chapter IV, "Husband and Wife".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kyoko react to Nagare's suggestion about a present for Kiyoshi's wife?
(a) She politely suggests a slight improvement in the plan.
(b) She dismisses it as completely unhelpful.
(c) She laughs and tells Nagare he does not understand women.
(d) She praises it effusively, saying she wishes her husband thought like Nagare.

2. 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.

3. During the conversation between Kazu and Kyoko, what is Kiyoshi doing?
(a) Watching the ghost uneasily.
(b) Staring at his notebook.
(c) Trying to get Kazu's attention.
(d) Dozing over a novel.

4. Which term accurately expresses how the narrator characterizes Kurata in the exposition explaining Katsuki's work life?
(a) Ambitious.
(b) Overwhelmed.
(c) Optimistic.
(d) Calculating.

5. What happens immediately after Yukio leaves the café to make a phone call?
(a) Nagare bumps into him on the stairs.
(b) Kazu locks the outer door.
(c) He realizes that he has left his phone inside.
(d) The ghost gets up from her seat.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times did the man ask Kazu to be his girlfriend before she agreed?

2. How does Kurata react when he learns of Fumiko's marriage?

3. What is implied when the narrator says that, upon hearing of his mother's death, Yukio "heard a tautly stretched string snapping inside his head" (66)?

4. What is Kiyoshi Manda's job?

5. What is Kurata's attitude after he speaks with Asami and finally drinks the last of his coffee?

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