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. How does the ghost become a ghost?

2. What does Kazu always call Kei?

3. What does Fumiko think she wants to tell Goro when she goes back in time?

4. What does Kazu tell Fumiko is very important to understand about going back in time?

5. What does Fumiko sometimes like to do to mess with men who hit on her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who always sits in the one chair people can use to time travel in the cafe, and why does this person sit there?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

What do you think the purpose of the rules of time travel are at the cafe, and why do they have to be taken so seriously? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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