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 has Fumiko heard about the cafe that she thinks she wants to try?

2. What happens to Fumiko when she tries to remove the ghost from her seat?

3. What physical aspect of Goro's does he seem embarrassed by?

4. What does Kazu give the ghost regularly?

5. Who visits the cafe often wearing curlers in her hair?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Kazu perform the coffee ceremony for time travel?

10. Why does Nagare call Kohtake to come to the cafe in Part I?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Hirai think Kumi keeps coming to the cafe to try to convince her to work at the family inn? Why does Kumi really come to try to convince Hirai to work at the inn? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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