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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes most potential customers to lose interest in the café's ability to send people back in time?
(a) They are disappointed that they will not be able to change anything about the present.
(b) They realize that they will not be able to follow all of the café's rules.
(c) They find that the hidden cost of going back in time is too much to bear.
(d) They do not have the patience to wait as long as necessary for the time-traveling seat to be available.

2. What does Gohtaro do for a living?
(a) He is a farmer.
(b) He runs a restaurant.
(c) He is a web developer.
(d) He is an interpreter.

3. How long has Gohtaro been lying to his daughter?
(a) 27 years.
(b) 17 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 22 years.

4. Which author is quoted near the beginning of Chapter I, "Best Friends"?
(a) Hemingway.
(b) Soyinka.
(c) Dostoevsky.
(d) Dickens.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the narrative compare to "a sentry guarding a castle" (28)?

2. Who convinces Gohtaro to finally go inside the café?

3. According to Chapter I, "Best Friends," what do most lies have in common?

4. When does Kazu tell Miki she will be old enough to pour the coffee?

5. Who sings a song about crickets in the opening of "Mother and Son"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What item does Kazu offer the ghost, and how do her emotions change during this encounter?

2. How does the exchange between Kyoko and Kazu about Kazu's boyfriend characterize both women?

3. Why does Kazu sound stern when she tells Gohtaro, "You know that even if your return to the past, reality won't change, right?" (13)?

4. When Gohtaro first sees Shuichi in the past, why does the gesture of putting his hand around his coffee cup cause Gohtaro to suddenly panic about his own ability to communicate?

5. How does the juxtaposition of the made-up lyrics to Miki's song with Kyoko's emotions after her confession about her brother highlight Kyoko's distress?

6. Why is Kyoko not interested in using the café's time-traveling service to go back in time to try to fix the problem with her brother?

7. What does Kyoko reveal about her brother's reaction to their mother's death?

8. Which characteristics of Shuichi's give Gohtaro "grounds for faith" that Shuichi will quickly understand that Gohtaro has traveled back in time (31)?

9. How did Gohtaro end up raising Shuichi's daughter?

10. What warning does Kazu give Gohtaro about remembering to drink his coffee?

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