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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. In the board meeting, what does Esterhazy say about the project's risks?

2. Where does Jake work?

3. Who is the first person Si meets at 19 Gramercy Park?

4. What upsets Julia when she gets to Si's apartment in Chapter 21?

5. How does Katie's letter reassure Si and Julia that the events in Jake's office weren't their fault?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Jake Pickering and why is he not happy to meet Si?

2. Who does Si tell Julia he is?

3. When Jake returns to the boarding house why is his shirt blood stained?

4. What is the Ladies' Mile?

5. Why is Jake happy to see Si again in Chapter 17?

6. During the board discussion about affects of time travel on the future, what two opposing points of view do Danziger and Esterhazy express?

7. How does Si's conversation with a bus driver change Si's view of people in 1882, and what does he decide to do as a result?

8. On Si's first evening at the boarding house, what glaring mistake does Si make that almost reveals his true identity?

9. When Chapter 12 opens with Si in the past, what two sketches does he make?

10. At breakfast on Si's first morning at the boarding house, what does Si notice about Julia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Science fiction sometimes uses factual, real-life events as a basis to make a fictional events seem more real. Describe two real-life events the author used to make Time and Again seem more real. And, if you had written the book, describe a real-life fact you would have added to make the story seem real.

Essay Topic 2

Imagine you had the opportunity to experience time travel and that you were a frequent visitor to your favorite place in time. If you had to choose to live in the past or live in the present, which would you choose? What would you miss most about the time period you didn't choose?

Essay Topic 3

To stop Esterhazy from changing world history, Si prevents Danziger's parents from meeting. Though Danziger tells Si to do whatever was necessary to stop Esterhazy, do you think it was cruel for Si to prevent Danziger from being born? Speculate on whether or not the time travel project ever came into existence without Danziger.

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