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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between Kohtake and Fusagi?

2. What does Fumiko wear to her meeting with Goro at the cafe?

3. What does Kazu give the ghost regularly?

4. Who does Hirai's sister give a letter to to deliver to Hirai for her?

5. What does Fumiko find very hard to say to Goro when she visits the past?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Fumiko want to return to her conversation with Goro at the cafe by traveling back in time?

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

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

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

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

8. What does Kohtake try to convince Fusagi to do with her in Part II?

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

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

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

Why does Fusagi have such difficulty expressing his emotions to his wife, Kohtake, and how does Kohtake eventually try to understand what his true feelings about both their marriage and his illness are? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Fumiko's trip back in time completely change her perspective about her relationship with Goro, and about Goro's reasons for leaving Japan for America? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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