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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is someone gone from his own time when he passes back through the gate, no matter how long he stays in the other time?

2. What does Chris give Thelma before she leaves to go back home?

3. What does Laura dream of when she first falls to sleep after leaving the doctor's house?

4. What does Chris find in his fortune cookie?

5. What does Stefan explain that the time travelers cannot do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Part 1) When did it first become obvious that Stefan was from a different point in time?

Part 2) When did it become obvious that Stefan was from the past?

Part 3) How hard was it to comprehend the aspects of time travel and the concept of a paradox?

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) Do you believe that time travel is harder to write compared to other types of fiction? Why or why not?

Part 2) What would you have changed in the story had you been free to make corrections or changes if any? Explain your changes and reason behind them or why you would choose not to change it.

Part 3) What do you believe may be the significance of the eleven-minute time gap that occurs between the moment that time travel begins and the return?

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