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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. What kind of sake does Kei bring out to drink to cheer Kohtake up?
(a) Mockingbird Flies.
(b) Five Sails.
(c) Two Drinks.
(d) Seven Happinesses.

2. Why does Kohtake recognize the cafe's name?
(a) It is the name of a restaurant she likes.
(b) It is from a song she once knew.
(c) It is from her mother's journals.
(d) It is the title of a book she once read.

3. What does Kohtake notice about Hirai's snack bar in Part IV?
(a) It is not crowded any longer.
(b) It is not there any longer.
(c) It has been closed for a few days.
(d) It has new decorations.

4. What apron does Kei always wear working in the cafe?
(a) The wine-red apron.
(b) The apron with the seashells on it.
(c) The apron with the cafe's name on it.
(d) The apron with the owls on it.

5. What kind of letter does Kohtake think Fusagi might have written her?
(a) A business letter.
(b) A breakup letter.
(c) An apology letter.
(d) A love letter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kei know something bad has happened and that is why Hirai travels through time?

2. How does Hirai get to her hometown for Kumi's funeral in Part IV?

3. What does Fusagi almost never do for Kohtake?

4. Who tells Kohtake about Hirai's sister?

5. Who does the mysterious visitor to the cafe in the section titled The Sisters come to find?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first rule of time travel that will be no problem in Kohtake's case?

2. How would you describe the relationship between Kohtake, Kazu and Kei?

3. What does Kazu tell Kohtake about Fusagi's reasons for wanting to return to the past in Part III?

4. What does Nagare ask Hirai that stops her in her tracks in Part IV?

5. Why is Kohtake stunned that Fusagi has written her a letter?

6. What news about Hirai's family does Nagare tell Kohtake in Part IV?

7. What does Fusagi say to Kohtake that guts her in Part III?

8. What does Kazu give to Hirai when she travels in time, and why does she do this?

9. What does Kei have that Hirai desperately wants to see?

10. Why does Kohtake ask everyone to call her by her maiden name at the cafe?

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