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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 Kazu ask Yukio just before she pours the coffee?
(a) She asks him to pass on her regards to his mother.
(b) She asks him to consider her feelings of responsibility for him.
(c) She asks him to forgive himself for missing the funeral.
(d) She asks him to reconcile with his sister.

2. When Gohtaro travels into the past, what does the reader realize about the young man whom Gohtaro and Shuichi thought should be a rugby player?
(a) The young man is a ghost.
(b) The young man is Nagare.
(c) The young man is Kaname's son.
(d) The young man is Kazu's father.

3. What wish does Miki write on the tanzaku paper at the beginning of the story?
(a) She wishes that Kazu would marry her boyfriend.
(b) She wishes that she could see through walls.
(c) She wishes to be allowed to pour the coffee.
(d) She wishes that her father's feet did not smell so bad.

4. What causes Kiyoshi to reveal his identity to Kimiko?
(a) He needs her to do him a favor.
(b) She is too suspicious to listen to a stranger.
(c) She has already guessed who he really is.
(d) He wants to relieve her suffering.

5. What is Fumiko's job?
(a) Neurosurgeon.
(b) Television presenter.
(c) Online marketing.
(d) Systems engineer.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What causes Gohtaro to panic when he first realizes he has returned to the past?

4. Who helped Kiyoshi choose the necklace for his wife?

5. Who asks Kazu about her age?

(see the answer key)

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