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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Shuichi do just before urging Gohtaro to get started with the recording?
(a) Whispers something to himself.
(b) Blows his nose and wipes away his tears.
(c) Gets up to go to the restroom again.
(d) Feels Gohtaro's coffee cup.

2. Where did Haruka meet Satoshi Obi?
(a) Culinary school.
(b) Gohtaro's restaurant.
(c) On the bus.
(d) At a health club.

3. Why does Gohtaro hesitate to enter the café?
(a) He is not sure that the stories about the café are true.
(b) He is not sure that he wants his daughter to know the truth.
(c) He is afraid that going back in time will be dangerous.
(d) He is afraid that seeing his old friend will be too sad.

4. Whom does Gohtaro think that the woman who seems to be the young girl's mother looks very like?
(a) Kyoko.
(b) Miki.
(c) Kazu.
(d) Kaname.

5. What amuses Kazu and Kyoko about Miki's backpack?
(a) Miki is wearing it even though school is not yet in session.
(b) It is a color traditionally not worn by small children.
(c) Miki has decorated it with drawings of anime characters.
(d) Miki is wearing it upside-down and backwards.

6. How many times did the man ask Kazu to be his girlfriend before she agreed?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

7. What quality is conveyed by the "sepia" lighting in the café?
(a) The café seems very old.
(b) The café might be dangerous.
(c) The café is a cheerful place.
(d) The café is dirty and run-down.

8. Who convinces Gohtaro to finally go inside the café?
(a) The waitress.
(b) The cook.
(c) The owner.
(d) A regular customer.

9. What is distinctive about the taste of the coffee served at the café?
(a) It tastes like almonds.
(b) It is sour and acidic.
(c) It is bitter and burnt-tasting.
(d) It tastes like chocolate.

10. What art did Kinuyo teach Kazu that Kazu now teaches others?
(a) Calligraphy.
(b) Flower arranging.
(c) Woodblock printing.
(d) Painting.

11. What does Gohtaro notice about the young girl in the café when he travels back in time?
(a) She avoids going near the ghost chair.
(b) She has a brand new backpack.
(c) She uses bits of French when she speaks.
(d) She looks a lot like Miki.

12. What kind of drawing does Kazu specialize in?
(a) Surrealistic.
(b) Abstract Expressionist.
(c) Hyperrealistic.
(d) Romantic.

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

14. Why does Kiyoshi feel unsure about what to get his wife for her birthday?
(a) She has told him many times that she does not need presents from him.
(b) Their marriage is recent, and he does not know her very well yet.
(c) She is a notoriously picky person, with eccentric tastes.
(d) He has never bought her a birthday present before.

15. What is the first thing that Shuichi wants to know once he understands that Gohtaro has come from the future?
(a) Whether something has happened to his daughter, Haruka.
(b) How many years in the future Gohtaro came from.
(c) Whether time travel works in the opposite direction.
(d) What time travel does to a person's body and if Gohtaro feels okay.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Yamagishi Katsura?

2. From the context, what is it likely "sakura" means when Shuichi tells Haruka that "the sakura were in full bloom" on the day of her birth (36)?

3. After congratulating Haruka on her marriage, what does Shuichi do next?

4. How old is Gohtaro's daughter?

5. Where is the woman that Gohtaro thinks is the young girl's mother taking the child?

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