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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter II, "Mother and Son" Pages 65-81.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What conclusion does Shuichi draw from the way Gohtaro handles the camera?
(a) Shuichi sees that Gohtaro has not changed at all in 22 years.
(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 decides that Gohtaro is lying to him about his intentions.

2. What question does Kazu ask Yukio that he refuses to answer?
(a) Whether he intends to leave anything behind in the past.
(b) Whether he is angry at Kyoko for keeping Kinuyo's illness a secret.
(c) Why he wants to travel into the past.
(d) Why he did not attend his mother's funeral.

3. What does Gohtaro notice hanging on the café wall?
(a) Antique clocks.
(b) A metronome.
(c) Paintings of ghosts.
(d) A large hourglass.

4. Where did Haruka meet Satoshi Obi?
(a) Gohtaro's restaurant.
(b) Culinary school.
(c) At a health club.
(d) On the bus.

5. Besides a love of insects, what does the narrator say links Japanese culture to the other culture discussed in the opening of "Mother and Son"?
(a) Language features.
(b) Traditional etiquette.
(c) Pottery techniques.
(d) Traditional foods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Kinuyo give her son when he left for Kyoto?

2. When Yukio apologizes to his mother and asks for her forgiveness, what is he responding to?

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

4. What does Kazu suggest that Kiyoshi should get for his wife's birthday?

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

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