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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 can the reader infer from the conversation between Nagare and the woman who seems to be the girl's mother?
(a) Kyoko has been coming to the café since she was a child.
(b) Miki is Nagare's adopted daughter.
(c) Mrs. Kinuyo used to have a much more active role in running the café.
(d) Nagare was not the owner of the café twenty-two years ago.

2. Who is Nagare?
(a) Gohtaro's friend.
(b) The café's owner.
(c) Another customer.
(d) Kyoko's son.

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

4. How old was Yukio when he accepted the wholesaler's offer?
(a) Early twenties.
(b) Late thirties.
(c) Early thirties.
(d) Late twenties.

5. What does the expression "in a pickle" mean (32)?
(a) In a tricky situation.
(b) In a sour mood.
(c) Unable to make a move.
(d) Unable to understand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness was Kurata diagnosed with two-and-a-half years previously?

2. On what date does the story "Husband and Wife" take place?

3. What causes Kimiko to tell Kiyoshi that he sounds like a detective?

4. While Gohtaro is fumbling with the camera on page 34, what does Shuichi tell him he still needs to work on?

5. What happens immediately after Yukio leaves the café to make a phone call?

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