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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 Stefan do to the owner of the Jeep that he steals?

2. Where does Laura find the second figurine?

3. How long does Kokschka know it will be before he sees Laura again?

4. What does Thelma say that Laura's admirer might turn out to be?

5. What does Laura find when she reaches the twins' room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Ackerson twins say about Tammy?

2. What does Stefan realize about the world he is living in while talking to Jason?

3. What happens when Stefan is trying to go back through the gate in Chapter 4?

4. Describe the scene where the cop approaches the car with the four SS men inside.

5. Describe the fire that happens at the McIlroy house at the end of Chapter 2.

6. What does Tammy destroy and why?

7. Describe Fat Jack.

8. Describe Laura Shane when she is born.

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

10. What does Stefan do after returning and finding Laura and Chris both dead?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Laura talks about the negative aspects of being a well known face. Explain what you would and would not like about being famous.

Part 2) What would you have done if you had felt that there was no way to remain safe from time travelers? What steps would you have taken compared to the ones that Laura took?

Part 3) Why did Laura choose to trust her son's advice when trying to avoid the time travelers?

Essay Topic 2

Part 1) It is explained that no one listens to children when they accuse Sheener of abuse. How would that have been different if it had occurred today if any?

Part 2) How has the orphanage system changed in the last fifty years?

Part 3) Would Tammy have been treated differently in today's time based on what was known of her past?

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) What was significant about Stefan's talk with Hitler?

Part 2) What are the differences between Hitler and Churchill?

Part 3) How would the story have been different if the two characters that Stefan went to talk to were not as well known historically as Hitler and Churchill?

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