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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. During the conversation between Kazu and Kyoko, what is Kiyoshi doing?
(a) Watching the ghost uneasily.
(b) Trying to get Kazu's attention.
(c) Staring at his notebook.
(d) Dozing over a novel.

2. How old is Kazu?
(a) Nearly thirty-one.
(b) Nearly twenty-two.
(c) Nearly twenty-nine.
(d) Nearly twenty-four.

3. Why does Shuichi abruptly shift the conversation to Gohtaro's reasons for coming back into the past?
(a) He is embarrassed at Gohtaro's gratitude.
(b) He is alarmed by Gohtaro's tears.
(c) He is uncomfortable with the idea of time travel.
(d) He is aware that their time together is short.

4. What is the woman in white doing when Gohtaro is talking with Kyoko and Kazu?
(a) Drinking tea.
(b) Reading a book.
(c) Polishing glasses.
(d) Clearing tables.

5. When Gohtaro travels into the past, what does the reader realize about the young man whom Gohtaro and Shuichi thought should be a rugby player?
(a) The young man is Kaname's son.
(b) The young man is a ghost.
(c) The young man is Kazu's father.
(d) The young man is Nagare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the time-traveling café?

2. What is Kyoko's brother's reaction when Kazu mentions his mother's name?

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

4. What motivates Shuichi to comment about what a nice suit Gohtaro is wearing?

5. What is a "mimetic expression" (47)?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which element of Gohtaro and Shuichi's relationship in college foreshadows their relationship outside of college?

2. When Gohtaro wakes up just after eight o'clock, what does Miki try to do, and how do her father and Kazu react?

3. Before Gohtaro goes into the past, what is his plan to deal with the revelations that will occur upon Haruka's marriage?

4. Why is Kazu especially concerned with whether Kyoko's brother understands the rule about not being able to change the present?

5. 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?

6. What causes the narrator to suggest that Kyoko might be thinking, "Saved by Miki" when Kyoko suddenly bursts out laughing on page 53?

7. 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)?

8. When Gohtaro tells Shuichi, "Haruka has decided to get married," how does the narrator explain Shuichi's reaction, and what does the reader later learn is the real reason for his reaction?

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

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

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