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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Kyoko leaves, who is in the café with Kazu?
(a) Miki.
(b) The ghost.
(c) Nagare.
(d) Kiyoshi.

2. What reason does Kyoko give for being so pleased that Kazu has a boyfriend?
(a) Her own marriage is her greatest source of happiness.
(b) She has often been concerned that Kazu leads a lonely life.
(c) She thinks that Kazu will be a wonderful mother someday.
(d) Her mother often expressed a wish that Kazu be happily married.

3. How were Shuichi and his wife killed?
(a) A plane crash.
(b) A traffic accident.
(c) A fire.
(d) A robbery.

4. What is Kazu's relationship to Miki's father?
(a) They are married.
(b) They are siblings.
(c) They are cousins.
(d) They are business partners.

5. Why does Kazu especially enjoy the café after closing?
(a) She takes pride in cleaning and straightening the café.
(b) She is not much of a "people person."
(c) She knows that it means she will be back home soon.
(d) She likes to work quietly without thinking.

6. When Gohtaro and Shuichi first meet again in the past, how does Gohtaro see himself acting in front of his old friend?
(a) Shy.
(b) Angry.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Awed.

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

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

9. What does Kyoko believe about her brother not attending their mother's funeral?
(a) She thinks he was too angry at her to attend.
(b) She wonders if the information reached him in time.
(c) She is worried that something has happened to him.
(d) She is concerned that he is too depressed to leave home.

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

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

12. Who asks Kazu about her age?
(a) Kiyoshi.
(b) Miki.
(c) Nagare.
(d) Kyoko.

13. In her lyrics on page 56, to what does Miki compare Nagare?
(a) A farting insect.
(b) A sputtering kettle.
(c) A barnyard smell.
(d) A long fall night.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What similarity is there between Kazu's approach to art and her approach to customers at the café?

2. What is Kyoko's younger brother's name?

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

4. What is Shuichi's primary response to seeing the camera that Gohtaro has brought with him?

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

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