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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author describe Fumiko's looks?
(a) Stunning.
(b) Average.
(c) Better than ordinary.
(d) Below average.

2. What does Kazu give the ghost regularly?
(a) Prayers.
(b) Coffee refills.
(c) Money.
(d) Clothes.

3. What does Fumiko find very hard to say to Goro when she visits the past?
(a) That she is moving, too.
(b) That she does not want him to move.
(c) That she is dying.
(d) That she is pregnant.

4. When does Fumiko want to travel back in time to?
(a) Her mother's death.
(b) Her fight with her father.
(c) Her wedding several years earlier.
(d) Her conversation with Goro one week earlier.

5. Why does Hirai hide from her sister?
(a) She does not think her sister is really actually her sister.
(b) She hates her sister for stealing her boyfriend years earlier.
(c) She does not want to talk about coming back to help run the inn.
(d) She thinks her sister was always their parents' favorite.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Fumiko feel when she first drinks the coffee?

2. What is the last thing Kazu tells Fumiko before pouring the coffee?

3. What does Goro ask Fumiko to do in return for his commitment to work?

4. What does Kazu always call Kei?

5. What does Fumiko tell Kazu about the coffee that might be a problem?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the medical industry in Japan only hire the best computer programmers?

3. In Part I, what does Fumiko think Goro has come to tell her at the cafe?

4. What is the most important rule about traveling back in time that, if not followed, could result in death?

5. What does Nagare question Hirai about in Part I that makes Hirare uncomfortable?

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

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

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

9. What is Fumiko worried about regarding the coffee itself when she time travels?

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

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