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Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What causes Kiyoshi to reveal his identity to Kimiko?
(a) She is too suspicious to listen to a stranger.
(b) He needs her to do him a favor.
(c) He wants to relieve her suffering.
(d) She has already guessed who he really is.
2. What does Kimiko's response to Kiyoshi before she recognizes him demonstrate about her character?
(a) She is kind.
(b) She is a snob.
(c) She is determined.
(d) She is flirtatious.
3. What is Fumiko's job?
(a) Neurosurgeon.
(b) Television presenter.
(c) Systems engineer.
(d) Online marketing.
4. What illness was Kurata diagnosed with two-and-a-half years previously?
(a) Heart failure.
(b) Liver failure.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Tuberculosis.
5. After Kiyoshi learns about the time-travel rules in the café, what does he become curious about?
(a) The motivations of the people who use this service.
(b) The reason why only women from the Tokita family can pour the coffee.
(c) The number of people who have died using the service.
(d) Where the special time-travel chair came from.
6. In the opening of "Husband and Wife," what shape is Nagare folding napkins into?
(a) Cranes.
(b) Frogs.
(c) Turtles.
(d) Tigers.
7. Who is the woman running the café when Kiyoshi returns to the past?
(a) Kei.
(b) Kazu.
(c) Kinuyo.
(d) Kaname.
8. What problem does Kiyoshi pretend to suffer from when he is in the past?
(a) A sore foot.
(b) A failing memory.
(c) A bad back.
(d) A respiratory illness.
9. What is the primary intent of the passage in which Miki comes out to pour the coffee and Nagare questions her about her readiness for the task?
(a) To show how joyful Nagare is to see his daughter growing up and becoming responsible.
(b) To show that Nagare is unreasonably critical of Miki because of his high standards.
(c) To show the deep love and tenderness Nagare feels toward his daughter.
(d) To show what an anxious parent the loss of his wife has made Nagare.
10. When he is in the past, what sound startles Yukio just as he is beginning to relax and feel sleepy?
(a) An alarm beeping.
(b) The antique clocks chiming.
(c) His phone's ringtone.
(d) The bell on the café door.
11. What order is Kyoko waiting for at the beginning of the story?
(a) Daifuku for her husband.
(b) A Christmas cake.
(c) A to-go breakfast.
(d) Her usual coffee.
12. What sound does the story end with?
(a) A cricket chirping.
(b) Miki singing.
(c) Coffee brewing.
(d) The clocks chiming.
13. In Maeterlinck's The Blue Bird, where do Tyltyl and Mytyl encounter the child with the terrible fate?
(a) The Kingdom of the Future.
(b) The Kingdom of Sorrow.
(c) The Kingdom of Desire.
(d) The Kingdom of the Enchanters.
14. Which is the best description of Kazu's reaction when she realizes that Yukio has left the café?
(a) Amused.
(b) Unflappable.
(c) Frantic.
(d) Scornful.
15. Prior to Kiyoshi's trip into the past, how many people have used the café to travel back in time to meet someone who has died?
(a) 4.
(b) 17.
(c) 7.
(d) 41.
Short Answer Questions
1. What question does Kazu ask Yukio that he refuses to answer?
2. What happens immediately after Yukio leaves the café to make a phone call?
3. Why does Yukio regret it immediately after he blurts out that it looks as if Kinuyo has lost weight?
4. Just before he lifts his coffee to drink it and return to his own time, what does Kurata hand to Miki?
5. What is Miki's attitude toward being asked to pour the coffee?
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