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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Si need to learn about the year 1882?
(a) How the mail system worked.
(b) The language, history, and manners.
(c) Who was President of the United States.
(d) How the people traveled.

2. What reputation does Chief of Police Byrnes have with the tenants at the boarding house?
(a) A lazy, doughnut eater.
(b) A nice guy.
(c) They don't know him.
(d) A ruthless interrogator.

3. What day is it at the beginning of Chapter 18?
(a) Si's birthday.
(b) The day Carmody and Jake are scheduled to meet.
(c) The day Si finds out who delivered Carmody's letter.
(d) Jake and Julia's wedding day.

4. Despite possible consequences to the future, what does Si decide to do?
(a) Break up Jake and Julia.
(b) Put Jake in jail.
(c) Marry Julia.
(d) Save Carmody's life.

5. What newspaper office does Si notice on his way to Jake's office?
(a) The Herald Ledger.
(b) The Washington Post.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The New York Observer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Si get into Jake's office?

2. When Si goes for a ride on the top of a bus, what does the bus driver talk about?

3. What does Felix Grier do for a living?

4. What does Si look at that makes him excited about traveling to the past?

5. After spending another day in 1882, what does Si decide about the people who live there?

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