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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Danziger tell Si the agency's motivation for time travel is?
(a) To stop someone from being born.
(b) To see how people lived a long time ago.
(c) To prove it can be done.
(d) To change the past.

2. Who is the book's narrator?
(a) Jack Finney.
(b) Ruben Prien.
(c) Katie Mancuso.
(d) Simon Morley.

3. When Ruben and Si finish their lunch, Ruben is convinced that:
(a) Si is not the right person for the job.
(b) He doesn't like eating outdoors.
(c) He'll have to talk Si into taking the job.
(d) Si has already decided to take the job.

4. What was so mysterious about the note Andrew Carmody left his family?
(a) It was written on a piece of newspaper.
(b) It was written on the back of a letter.
(c) It was written on the President's stationery.
(d) It was written on a sticky note.

5. During lunch with Danziger at the agency, who are the other two people Si notices eating lunch?
(a) The young man who was learning to use old weapons and his girlfriend.
(b) The girl dancing the Charleston and the young man who was learning to use old weapons.
(c) The young man who was learning to use old weapons and an actress.
(d) The girl dancing the Charleston and Ruben.

Short Answer Questions

1. What connection is there between Carmody's letter and Danziger's parents?

2. What does Danziger hope will happen if Si sees Danziger's parents?

3. Why does Si think about accepting Ruben's job offer?

4. Who does Ruben work for?

5. When Si finishes his training at the agency where is he taken?

(see the answer key)

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