3. What causes Asami to burst into tears after Kurata has disappeared from the café?
(a) She sees a photo of Kazu as a baby.
(b) Miki reads Kurata's wish aloud.
(c) Miki hands her the gift from Kurata.
(d) She realizes she has lost Fumiko's ring.

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

5. How is Miki's expression when she pours the coffee different from Kazu's?
(a) Miki's expression is mischievous, while Kazu's was earnest.
(b) Miki's expression is open and curious, while Kazu's was cold and distant.
(c) Miki's expression is warm and loving, while Kazu's was serious and businesslike.
(d) Miki's expression is joyful, while Kazu's was mournful.

6. What is implied when the narrator says that, upon hearing of his mother's death, Yukio "heard a tautly stretched string snapping inside his head" (66)?
(a) He decided that there was no longer any reason to strive to repay his debt.
(b) He realized that nothing more prevented him from committing suicide.
(c) He felt deep shame at having stayed away from his mother for so long.
(d) He was enraged at Kyoko's duplicity and wanted revenge.

7. Where did Kurata meet Asami Mori?
(a) Through friends.
(b) At work.
(c) Online.
(d) In college.

8. What characteristic of the café's Christmas tree is stressed in the narrator's description of it?
(a) Its smell.
(b) Its color.
(c) Its size.
(d) Its shape.

9. What significant event on the previous day is part of the reason for the timing of Yukio's visit to the café?
(a) He was dismissed from his apprenticeship.
(b) He finished filing for bankruptcy.
(c) He received news that his creditors are calling in his loan.
(d) He found out that Kyoko believes he is angry at her.

10. What sound does the story end with?
(a) A cricket chirping.
(b) The clocks chiming.
(c) Coffee brewing.
(d) Miki singing.

11. 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 people who become ghosts are stuck in the time they traveled to.
(b) Why time-travelers cannot see the other customers during time travel.
(c) Whether the coffee cools at the same rate for everyone.
(d) What time the ghost leaves her seat each day.

12. Which is the best description of how Yukio feels when he returns to the present?
(a) Exhausted and drained.
(b) Defeated and bewildered.
(c) Irritable and embarrassed.
(d) Renewed and hopeful.

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

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

15. Where is Fumiko when she calls Kurata while he is in the café?
(a) At Asami's home.
(b) Outside the café.
(c) At work.
(d) At her home.