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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the government agency director tell Si?
(a) He is making a huge mistake.
(b) He is in for an experience he will never forget.
(c) He can't tell anyone about time travel.
(d) He can't work for the agency.

2. 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 an actress.
(b) The young man who was learning to use old weapons and his girlfriend.
(c) The girl dancing the Charleston and the young man who was learning to use old weapons.
(d) The girl dancing the Charleston and Ruben.

3. What instrument does May play?
(a) The piano.
(b) The organ.
(c) The drums.
(d) The harp.

4. What is special about Si's apartment at the Dakota?
(a) The closet is a perfect place to store a time machine.
(b) It is clean.
(c) No one lived there in the past.
(d) Si's parents met there.

5. Where does Si meet with Danziger in Chapter 4?
(a) In his office.
(b) In the alley behind the agency.
(c) On the street.
(d) In the cafeteria.

6. Who is the government agency director?
(a) Rossoff.
(b) Danziger.
(c) Carmody.
(d) Lastvogel.

7. What does Danziger hope will happen if Si sees Danziger's parents?
(a) That he can take their picture.
(b) That Si doesn't get too upset.
(c) That he can sketch the way they looked.
(d) That his parents don't recognize Si.

8. What proves that Si did indeed travel back in time?
(a) He saw the museum window.
(b) He took pictures of old buildings.
(c) He saw snow.
(d) He saw a couple in a sleigh.

9. Why does Katie want to travel back in time?
(a) Because it sounds like fun.
(b) Because she's curious.
(c) Because Carmody's letter belongs to her.
(d) Because she collects antiques.

10. What does Si tell his boss In Chapter 2?
(a) He's going to take a second job.
(b) He wants a raise.
(c) He needs a vacation.
(d) He's quitting his job.

11. What unusual marking was on Andrew Carmody's grave?
(a) A star in a circle.
(b) His birthdate was incorrect.
(c) A crescent moon.
(d) His family crest.

12. During their lunch meeting, whose theory about time does Danziger explain to Si?
(a) Stephen Hawking's.
(b) Galileo Galilei's.
(c) Albert Einstein's.
(d) Michel Nostradamus's.

13. When Si finds the address Ruben gave him, what does the place look like?
(a) A front for a secret government agency.
(b) A storage building.
(c) An office supply store.
(d) A moving company.

14. While Si is in training at the Dakota which two people come to visit him?
(a) Ruben and the Dakota manager.
(b) Ruben and Danziger.
(c) Ruben and May.
(d) Katie and May.

15. What is the setting of the play that Si watches at the agency?
(a) A small-town street in the Midwestern U.S.
(b) A space station in the future.
(c) A castle in England.
(d) A small street in New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Si look at that makes him excited about traveling to the past?

2. After offering him a job, what does Ruben ask Si?

3. In the beginning of Chapter 3, where does Ruben take Si?

4. Why does Si stop looking out the windows at the Dakota?

5. What is Si's assignment for his third trip to the past?

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