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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 Laura decide that she wants to do when she grows up while staying with the Teagel family?

2. What does Bob realize about the man that comes in to rob his store?

3. How much money does Shadrach eventually go for?

4. What had Thelma gone to do after college?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the first time that Laura meets Danny.

2. What does the note say that Laura finds in the end of Chapter 1 when she is packing her belongings?

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

4. Describe Sheener's home.

5. What is life like for Laura at the Teagel house?

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

7. Explain where Stefan is following the attack on Laura.

8. When Stefan wakes up a little more what does he tell them about his past?

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

10. What does Laura tell Chris about pacifists and people that use violence?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Part 1) Would you consider Kokoschka one of the main character's in the story? Explain why or why not.

Part 2) Why did Kokoschka decide to wait so long to kill Laura? Taking into consideration the time paradox, what would have happened if Kokoschka had decided to kill Laura earlier in the story?

Part 3) Why did Kokoschka not tell anyone else and have guards waiting when he realized that Stefan was a traitor?

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) What did Mr. Toad symbolize in the story?

Part 2) What is the significance of the fact that Laura was a widely successful author in both realities?

Part 3) Speculate on the reasons that Danny and Laura did not get married in the other reality?

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