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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Kurata visits the café to clarify the time-travel rules, what question does he ask Kazu that she does not know the answer to?
(a) Whether the coffee cools at the same rate for everyone.
(b) What time the ghost leaves her seat each day.
(c) Why time-travelers cannot see the other customers during time travel.
(d) Whether people who become ghosts are stuck in the time they traveled to.

2. Just before Kyoko leaves the café, what does she thank Kazu for?
(a) Visiting Kinuyo's grave.
(b) A painting Kazu did for her.
(c) Yohsuke's Christmas gift.
(d) Saving Yukio's life.

3. Whose is Kiyoshi referencing when he talks about the dying man who travels into the future?
(a) Katsuki Kurata.
(b) Gohtaro Chiba.
(c) Yukio Mita.
(d) Shuichi Kamiya.

4. Why is Kiyoshi initially unsure whether he will be welcomed into the café?
(a) It is almost closing time.
(b) It is the anniversary of Kaname's death.
(c) Kazu dislikes him.
(d) He is a police officer.

5. Prior to Kiyoshi's trip into the past, how many people have used the café to travel back in time to meet someone who has died?
(a) 41.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 17.

6. What happens immediately after Yukio leaves the café to make a phone call?
(a) The ghost gets up from her seat.
(b) He realizes that he has left his phone inside.
(c) Kazu locks the outer door.
(d) Nagare bumps into him on the stairs.

7. When Yukio apologizes to his mother and asks for her forgiveness, what is he responding to?
(a) Kinuyo would be less lonely should Yukio choose to stay in the past with her.
(b) Kinuyo knows her son has been lying to her about his success.
(c) Kinuyo knows she is about to die and that Yukio is not trying to prevent this.
(d) Kinuyo would suffer deeply should Yukio choose not return to the future.

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

9. What is the primary intent of the passage in which Miki comes out to pour the coffee and Nagare questions her about her readiness for the task?
(a) To show what an anxious parent the loss of his wife has made Nagare.
(b) To show the deep love and tenderness Nagare feels toward his daughter.
(c) To show how joyful Nagare is to see his daughter growing up and becoming responsible.
(d) To show that Nagare is unreasonably critical of Miki because of his high standards.

10. What illness did Yukio contract when he was two years old?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Tetanus.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Meningitis.

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) Bereavement.
(c) Analytical thinking.
(d) Missed chances.

12. Who is the woman running the café when Kiyoshi returns to the past?
(a) Kazu.
(b) Kaname.
(c) Kinuyo.
(d) Kei.

13. What does Kimiko's response to Kiyoshi before she recognizes him demonstrate about her character?
(a) She is kind.
(b) She is a snob.
(c) She is determined.
(d) She is flirtatious.

14. What kind of dancer does the narrator compare Kazu to as she pours the coffee?
(a) A ballerina.
(b) A flamenco dancer.
(c) A kabuki dancer.
(d) A Shinto shrine dancer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helped Kiyoshi choose the necklace for his wife?

2. What object does Yukio give to his mother when he visits the past?

3. In the opening of "Husband and Wife," what shape is Nagare folding napkins into?

4. What are the details about Kimiko's clothing meant to convey about her?

5. When Asami addresses Kurata "brusquely," what does this indicate her tone is (97)?

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