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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. Who is Hirai's mother?

2. How does Kazu get the ghost in the chair to move so that Hirai can use it?

3. When does Kei understand what has really happened to Kumi in Part IV?

4. What does Kohtake ask the others in the cafe when she gets back from time traveling?

5. What does Hirai plan to do right after returning from the past?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the cafe a desirable destination in the summertime?

2. What does Kohtake tell Fusagi out of a sense of love and loyalty in Part III about his illness when she time travels?

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

4. What is Kohtake's plan for dealing with Fusagi's illness?

5. Why does Hirai think Kumi wants to convince her to come back to help run the family business?

6. What explanation does Hirai eventually give for her strange behavior at the cafe in Part IV?

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

8. What is the fourth rule of time travel?

9. How does Hirai feel after visiting Kumi in the past?

10. What does Kei do to help lift Kohtake's spirits in Part III?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

What does Kei only fully understand about her friends and family when she travels to the future to see her daughter Miki? How does this realization make Kei feel about her decision to have Miki? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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