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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 Doyle say he sees behind their carriage on the way to the lecture?

2. What is Benner doing that prevents him from bringing the carriages?

3. Romany and Horrabin hold a conference while dangling from harnesses in what building?

4. Where do the time tourists claim to be from?

5. What does Doyle buy to disinfect his ear?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the place where Horrabin and his beggars hold parliament.

2. How does Jacky react to Doyle's revelation that he traveled to England by magic?

3. Describe the Master.

4. Dumb Tom is successfully begging outside a theater. What interrupts him?

5. Why is Jacky looking for Dog Face Joe?

6. Why is one of the ticketed customers escorted away before the time jump?

7. Describe Dumb Tom.

8. Doyle knows that other twentieth century men are after him. What he doesn't know at first, is why. Why are other men from Doyle's time trying to kill him?

9. What happens after Doyle pays a beggar to take him to Horrabin?

10. Describe Ahmed the Hindoo.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Doyle saves the ka of Lord Byron's life. He later discovers that the man he saved is not the true Lord Byron. Does Doyle value the life of kas as much as the life of the original person? If Doyle knew that Byron is a ka would he still save him? What actions of Doyle's lead to you think he would or would not?

Essay Topic 2

Doyle and others travel through windows in time. Doyle worries that if he meddles too much with the past, it will result in a very different future. Is the past bound in destiny in the book, or can it be altered? Explain your answer with specific examples.

Essay Topic 3

Find a character that is an example of an antihero. Describe what makes them an antihero. Outline three specific events or actions, explaining how these events support your position.

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