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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What qualities of Kiyoshi's personality does the narrator's description of him emphasize?
(a) Kiyoshi is analytical and detached.
(b) Kiyoshi is shy and quiet.
(c) Kiyoshi is warm and friendly.
(d) Kiyoshi is curious and observant.

2. Who bought the café's Christmas tree?
(a) Nagare.
(b) Nagare's wife.
(c) Kazu's boyfriend.
(d) Kazu.

3. Whom does Yukio call when he goes outside?
(a) His landlord.
(b) Kyoko.
(c) His bank.
(d) Yamagishi.

4. On page 71, how does Nagare react to Yukio's sudden appearance in the past?
(a) He is "unfazed."
(b) He is "astonished."
(c) He is "gratified."
(d) He is "troubled."

5. What does Goro think is probably true about Kurata's meeting with Asami?
(a) Kurata had a secret to tell Asami.
(b) Kurata simply wanted one last Christmas memory with Asami.
(c) Kurata believed that he could change reality by meeting with Asami.
(d) Kurata knew that Asami was lying to him.

6. Who is the startled man who exclaims when Kiyoshi appears in the café in the past?
(a) Nagare's father.
(b) Nagare.
(c) Kazu's father.
(d) Kinuyo's husband.

7. Why was Yukio still struggling financially even after he started getting a salary from the pottery studio?
(a) He was sending most of his money home to help pay for Kyoko's education.
(b) He still had to pay for his pottery lessons with Yamagishi.
(c) He owed a debt for his room and board from his first years in Kyoto.
(d) He used most of his salary to rent an apartment.

8. What does Goro tell Fumiko is likely the reason that Kurata chose her to help him with his plan?
(a) Her job.
(b) Her reputation for helpfulness.
(c) Her age.
(d) Her relationship with Asami.

9. What is Kinuyo's interpretation of Kazu's intentions in adding the stirrer to Yukio's cup and asking him to pass on her regards to his mother?
(a) Kazu was apologizing to Kinuyo for allowing Yukio to attempt suicide.
(b) Kazu was asking Kinuyo to accomplish a final task that only Kinuyo could accomplish.
(c) Kazu was hoping that Kinuyo might find a solution to Kazu's mother's situation.
(d) Kazu was trying to warn Kinuyo that she must get to a doctor soon,

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

11. What causes Kimiko to tell Kiyoshi that he sounds like a detective?
(a) His persistence.
(b) His perceptiveness.
(c) His diction.
(d) His tone.

12. Who is the source of most of Kiyoshi's information about the people who have traveled back in time in the café?
(a) Kinuyo.
(b) Miki.
(c) Kazu.
(d) Kyoko.

13. What is unusual about Kurata's time-travel plans?
(a) He is meeting another time-traveler.
(b) He is not sure of exactly when he wants to travel to.
(c) He is traveling into the future.
(d) He wants to bring something back with him.

14. Why is Kiyoshi initially unsure whether he will be welcomed into the café?
(a) He is a police officer.
(b) It is the anniversary of Kaname's death.
(c) It is almost closing time.
(d) Kazu dislikes him.

15. When the narrator describes Kazu's voice as having "gravitas," what quality is he ascribing to her voice (67)?
(a) Quiet command.
(b) Formal seriousness.
(c) Confident authority.
(d) Restrained emotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long ago did Kiyoshi's wife die?

2. With whom does Kinuyo enter the café when Yukio is in the past?

3. Who is the woman running the café when Kiyoshi returns to the past?

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

5. Who enters the café just after Kurata finally finishes his coffee and disappears?

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