View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Gohtaro returns to the present, what is the first thing that he wants to do?
(a) Get out of the ghost chair before Kaname returns.
(b) Find out from Kazu who Kaname really is.
(c) Check the recording of Shuichi to make sure it was not all a dream.
(d) Thank Nagare for saving him twice during his journey into the past.

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

4. What does Kazu suggest that Kiyoshi should get for his wife's birthday?
(a) A book.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A jewelry box.
(d) A vase.

5. Which is the best description of Kazu's appearance?
(a) Strikingly beautiful.
(b) Pretty but nondescript.
(c) Intriguingly exotic.
(d) Youthful and unformed.

6. What is Kyoko's objection to Gohtaro's plan to travel back into the past?
(a) She believes that it is unnatural to try to subvert the normal flow of time.
(b) She does not believe it is really possible.
(c) She thinks it will be alarming for his friend.
(d) She thinks he is not being honest with himself about what he hopes to achieve.

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

8. Where did Miki get her red backpack from?
(a) Kazu bought it for her.
(b) It is Kyoko's son's old backpack.
(c) She got it from school.
(d) Her mother gave it to her.

9. What are the repetitions of the isolated, bolded words "clang-dong" meant to signify?
(a) The bell on the café door as people enter and leave.
(b) The sound of a clock chiming as the hours pass.
(c) The sound of the cook's bell signaling that an order is ready.
(d) The ringer on the cell phone of the regular sitting at the counter.

10. What is Kyoko's reaction to Kazu asking about her brother?
(a) She is irritated.
(b) She is startled.
(c) She is embarrassed.
(d) She is anxious.

11. Who is Yamagishi Katsura?
(a) The ghost's husband.
(b) A studio potter.
(c) Kyoko's father.
(d) Kazu's boyfriend.

12. What does Gohtaro notice hanging on the café wall?
(a) Paintings of ghosts.
(b) A large hourglass.
(c) A metronome.
(d) Antique clocks.

13. On page 36, as soon as Gohtaro presses the record button, what does Shuichi say?
(a) "To Haruka, twenty-two years from now."
(b) "This is very strange, Gohtaro."
(c) "Don't worry, everything's okay."
(d) "You know...you've always been a terrible liar."

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

15. Where is the woman that Gohtaro thinks is the young girl's mother taking the child?
(a) To her new-student orientation.
(b) To buy supplies for the café.
(c) To view the cherry blossoms.
(d) To see her newborn cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does Miki use a few words from when she comes into the café?

2. What is an "onomatopoeic expression" (47)?

3. Whom does Gohtaro think that the woman who seems to be the young girl's mother looks very like?

4. What does Gohtaro do for a living?

5. Why does Kazu especially enjoy the café after closing?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 594 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample