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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. What does Asami show Kurata soon after meeting him in the café?
(a) A wedding ring.
(b) A Christmas gift.
(c) A funeral program.
(d) A photograph.

2. What kind of dancer does the narrator compare Kazu to as she pours the coffee?
(a) A kabuki dancer.
(b) A flamenco dancer.
(c) A Shinto shrine dancer.
(d) A ballerina.

3. What does Gohtaro surmise about the woman who seems to be the girl's mother from her conversation with Nagare?
(a) She dislikes the café.
(b) She is in poor health.
(c) She has a secret sorrow.
(d) She is a neglectful parent.

4. What causes Gohtaro to panic when he first realizes he has returned to the past?
(a) His body still feels as if it is falling.
(b) His coffee is already cold.
(c) He sees the ghost in another seat.
(d) He does not see Shuichi.

5. What question does Kazu ask Yukio that he refuses to answer?
(a) Why he wants to travel into the past.
(b) Why he did not attend his mother's funeral.
(c) Whether he is angry at Kyoko for keeping Kinuyo's illness a secret.
(d) Whether he intends to leave anything behind in the past.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks Kazu about her age?

2. What detail does the narrator offer about the wholesaler that foreshadows his eventual disappearance?

3. What does Miki find on the café floor after Kiyoshi returns from the past?

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

5. Which of the story's motifs is introduced by the Christmas tree and the extra item that Nagare adds to Kyoko's order?

(see the answer key)

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