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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problem does Kiyoshi pretend to suffer from when he is in the past?
(a) A failing memory.
(b) A respiratory illness.
(c) A sore foot.
(d) A bad back.

2. How long has Yukio been deep in debt?
(a) Five years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Nine years.
(d) Seven years.

3. When Kurata visits the café to learn more about the time-travel rules, which rule is he most interested in clarifying?
(a) The rule about drinking the coffee before it gets cold.
(b) The rule about only being able to meet people who visit the café.
(c) The rule about not being able to change reality by traveling in time.
(d) The rule about not leaving the time-travel seat during time travel.

4. What causes Kimiko to tell Kiyoshi that he sounds like a detective?
(a) His persistence.
(b) His tone.
(c) His diction.
(d) His perceptiveness.

5. Why is Nagare confused by Kiyoshi's desire to return to the past?
(a) Nagare is surprised that a detective would believe in time travel.
(b) Nagare does not know that Kiyoshi's wife is deceased.
(c) Kiyoshi's religion explicitly forbids anything related to magic.
(d) Kiyoshi has never wanted to give his wife a gift before.

6. In Maeterlinck's The Blue Bird, where do Tyltyl and Mytyl encounter the child with the terrible fate?
(a) The Kingdom of the Enchanters.
(b) The Kingdom of Desire.
(c) The Kingdom of Sorrow.
(d) The Kingdom of the Future.

7. What surprising event ends this story?
(a) Nagare retires.
(b) Miki runs away.
(c) Kazu gets engaged.
(d) Kaname disappears.

8. Which is the best description of Kazu's reaction when she realizes that Yukio has left the café?
(a) Unflappable.
(b) Scornful.
(c) Frantic.
(d) Amused.

9. Just before he lifts his coffee to drink it and return to his own time, what does Kurata hand to Miki?
(a) The Christmas gift he had intended to give Asami.
(b) A wish to hang on the Christmas tree.
(c) The silver stirrer from his coffee cup.
(d) A small red-edged notebook.

10. Who is the startled man who exclaims when Kiyoshi appears in the café in the past?
(a) Nagare.
(b) Kinuyo's husband.
(c) Nagare's father.
(d) Kazu's father.

11. Which of the story's motifs is introduced by the Christmas tree and the extra item that Nagare adds to Kyoko's order?
(a) Generosity.
(b) Missed chances.
(c) Analytical thinking.
(d) Bereavement.

12. What is Miki's attitude toward being asked to pour the coffee?
(a) Enthusiastic.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Resentful.
(d) Grateful.

13. How does Kurata react when he learns of Fumiko's marriage?
(a) He is delighted.
(b) He is worried.
(c) He is amused.
(d) He is bewildered.

14. How does Miki address Kazu when she asks Kazu about changing her name if she gets married?
(a) Mademoiselle.
(b) Mistress.
(c) Little Sister.
(d) Teacher.

15. When the narrator says that Yukio "felt like he had fallen into a deep crevasse," which is the best definition of "crevasse" (66)?
(a) Depression.
(b) Swamp.
(c) Hole.
(d) Dilemma.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Kiyoshi initially unsure whether he will be welcomed into the café?

2. Who enters the café just after Kurata finally finishes his coffee and disappears?

3. What question does Kazu ask Yukio that he refuses to answer?

4. Which term accurately expresses how the narrator characterizes Kurata in the exposition explaining Katsuki's work life?

5. What qualities of Kiyoshi's personality does the narrator's description of him emphasize?

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