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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Chapter III, "Lovers".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who enters the café just after Kurata finally finishes his coffee and disappears?
(a) Goro.
(b) Fumiko.
(c) Nagare.
(d) Kazu.

3. What causes Gohtaro to panic when he first realizes he has returned to the past?
(a) He does not see Shuichi.
(b) His body still feels as if it is falling.
(c) His coffee is already cold.
(d) He sees the ghost in another seat.

4. When Yukio arrives in the past, what is Nagare doing?
(a) Grinding coffee beans.
(b) Wiping glasses clean.
(c) Waving to a child with a red backpack.
(d) Talking with a ghost in old-fashioned clothes.

5. What conclusion does Shuichi draw from the way Gohtaro handles the camera?
(a) Shuichi decides that Gohtaro is lying to him about his intentions.
(b) Shuichi realizes that Gohtaro has bought the camera just for this occasion.
(c) Shuichi worries that Gohtaro will not actually be able to make the camera work.
(d) Shuichi sees that Gohtaro has not changed at all in 22 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of Tales from the Café?

2. What season does the bell cricket herald?

3. Just before Kyoko leaves the café, what does she thank Kazu for?

4. What illness did Yukio contract when he was two years old?

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

(see the answer key)

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