View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kei ask Kumi just before Kumi leaves?

2. How long has Fumiko known Goro?

3. How old will Fumiko be on her next birthday?

4. What does Goro do at work that impresses Fumiko?

5. Who does Fusagi pay for his coffee?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who always sits in the one chair people can use to time travel in the cafe, and why does this person sit there?

2. What does Goro tell Fumiko at the cafe in Part I?

3. What does Fumiko do to try to get to travel back in time when she wants to in Part I?

4. What rule about time travel does Kazu tell Fumiko that really upsets Fumiko?

5. What is the significance of the title of the novel the ghost is reading when Fumiko returns from the past in Part I?

6. What has Goro always wanted to do for work?

7. What does being cursed by the ghost feel like to Fumiko in Part I?

8. What does Goro tell Fumiko that lifts her spirits when she goes back in time to do their conversation about his leaving over again?

9. How does Fumiko feel when the coffee is poured for the time traveling ceremony?

10. What does Goro tell Fumiko about his feelings for her when she goes back in time to have their conversation about his leaving over again?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Kawaguchi use flashbacks to help develop his characters throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Do you think the rule that nothing that happens when a person travels back in time in the cafe can change the present or future is really true by the end of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 3

How does Nagare seem to regard the running of his cafe, and the cafe's place in the community? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 694 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample