Before the Coffee Gets Cold Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Toshikazu Kawaguchi
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 129 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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Before the Coffee Gets Cold Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Toshikazu Kawaguchi
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 129 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 does Kazu always call Kei?

2. What type of behavior does Goro exhibit during his meeting with Fumiko that infuriates her?

3. Who shops for the cafe together?

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

5. How many antique clocks are in the cafe?

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. What is the one opportunity per day that people have to sit in the chair to time travel in the cafe?

3. What initially impressed Fumiko about Goro's work?

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

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

6. Who does Fumiko think she might have as competition for the time traveling seat in Part II, and why does she think this?

7. What does Hirai say to Fumiko when she learns of the conversation between Fumiko and Goro?

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

9. Why did the ghost in the time traveling chair lose track of time and let her coffee get cold?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

What relationships or connections does Kawaguchi draw between time travel, regret, and death? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How would you describe the relationship between Kazu, Kei, and Hirare throughout this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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