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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. At the end of Chapter 1 what does Stefan dream of?

2. How much money does Shadrach eventually go for?

3. How does Dr. Markwell feel about the thought of ending his career because of malpractice?

4. What does the note say that Markwell will do if he doesn't stop drinking?

5. What do the Ackerson twins say that they did in order to get sent to McIlroy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What questions do the police still have for Laura that she is unable to answer?

2. What happens in February in Chapter 7?

3. What does Stefan tell Hitler?

4. What does Thelma tell Stefan when he says that he is worried he has lost the chance to win Laura?

5. Describe what happens when Laura goes to the doctor's house to get help for her guardian.

6. Describe the Dockwiler family.

7. Describe what happens when Laura has to shoot the men that comes into her home in the beginning of Chapter 3.

8. Describe what happens when Sheener attacks Laura at the Dockwiler house.

9. What does Stefan first say when he wakes up in Chapter 5 for only a moment?

10. Describe what Stefan is planning on doing in Chapter 1 when he goes to the lab?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Thelma eventually meets her idol, Paul McCartney. If you could meet any person, present or past, who would you want to meet and why?

Part 2) Why is it that McCartney no longer held the same draw for Thelma after she met him?

Part 3) How would Thelma's reaction to McCartney have been different if she had met him before she was a large success?

Essay Topic 2

Pick one of the following to write about.

Part 1) Why did it not create a paradox that Stefan sent the bottle back in time with a note on it?

Part 2) What would you want to check on if you could use a time travel device once?

Part 3) What do you believe would be negative side to using time travel?

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) Describe Dr. Markwell. What was the significance of spending such a large portion of the front of the book focusing on Markwell and telling the story from his point of view?

Part 2) What is the reason that Markwell and his fate were not revisited in the story?

Part 3) Is there any indication that Markwell took Stefan's warning seriously and chose to change his life? Explain why or why not?

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