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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kohtake ask the others in the cafe when she gets back from time traveling?
(a) To always be kind to Fusagi.
(b) To give her more sake.
(c) To never serve her coffee again.
(d) To stop calling her by her maiden name.

2. What does Fusagi think is sentimental of Kohtake when she arrives from the past to the cafe?
(a) She wants them to sit at the same table together.
(b) She wants to renew their wedding vows.
(c) She wants to kiss in public.
(d) She wants to hold hands.

3. How do people find the right day to return to when they travel to the past?
(a) They have to chant the date out loud several times.
(b) They have to take a calendar with them.
(c) They have to form a strong image in their mind of the day they want to return to.
(d) They have to pray about the date.

4. What present does Fusagi get for Kohtake one year that she rescues?
(a) A handkerchief.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A book.
(d) A poster.

5. How many seats does Hirai have in her snack bar?
(a) 18.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 10.

6. What does the young girl who is the time traveler in the section The Sisters want to do with Kei?
(a) Take a picture.
(b) Talk at length.
(c) Eat.
(d) Try on dresses.

7. Who gives Hirai the letter from Kumi?
(a) Kei.
(b) Kohtake.
(c) Fusagi.
(d) Nagare.

8. What was happening when Kohtake and Fusagi first came to the cafe?
(a) A heat wave all over Japan.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) A volcanic eruption.
(d) The Olympics.

9. Why does Hirai travel to her hometown in Part IV?
(a) To visit her sick mother.
(b) For her sister's funeral.
(c) To do some banking paperwork.
(d) To visit her sick father.

10. What does Fusagi do for a living?
(a) Landscape gardener.
(b) Advertising executive.
(c) Engineer.
(d) Doctor.

11. What phrase does Kawaguchi use to explain why some people become more emotional in the presence of close friends or family?
(a) Emotional gravity.
(b) Holdback blues.
(c) Friendship quotient.
(d) Bonding tears.

12. What kind of beans does Nagare always use to make the coffee in the cafe?
(a) Mocha.
(b) American.
(c) Columbian.
(d) Canadian.

13. Who tells Kohtake why Fusagi wants to travel back in time?
(a) Kazu.
(b) Hirai.
(c) Kei.
(d) Kumi.

14. Who tells Kohtake about Hirai's sister?
(a) Kuzu.
(b) Kei.
(c) Nagare.
(d) Fumiko.

15. What does Hirai immediately ask for when she comes back to the cafe?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Sake.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fusagi give Kohtake when she visits him in the past?

2. What did Kumi always call Hirai when they were children?

3. What does Nagare wonder about Kei at the very end of Part IV?

4. What kind of coffee does Nagare always make?

5. Why does Kohtake recognize the cafe's name?

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