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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the beginning of Chapter 3, where does Ruben take Si?
(a) Home.
(b) Out to dinner.
(c) On a tour of the agency.
(d) Into the past to meet a friend.

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

3. Si and Katie discuss what while on the bus in 1882?
(a) How bad the traffic is.
(b) How the buildings have changed.
(c) The color of the bus.
(d) How they feel about each other.

4. Why does Si fit the agency's profile?
(a) He is quiet and lonely.
(b) He has brown hair.
(c) He likes to travel.
(d) He is adventurous.

5. Who does Ruben work for?
(a) The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(b) The press.
(c) A science lab.
(d) A secret government agency.

6. Why did Si not tell the scientists that Katie traveled with him into the past?
(a) He wanted to tell Danziger privately.
(b) He decided not to tell anybody.
(c) He wanted to ask Katie if it was okay first.
(d) He wanted to tell Ruben first.

7. What is Si shown to help him relate to people in the past?
(a) Photographs.
(b) Phonographs.
(c) Letters.
(d) Old clothes.

8. What did Andrew Carmody do for a living?
(a) He was a guard at the White House.
(b) He was a minor official in Grover Cleveland's administration.
(c) He drove Grover Cleveland's car.
(d) He was president of the United States.

9. How does Ruben know that Katie went with Si into the past?
(a) Si told him.
(b) Danziger told him.
(c) Si is being watched.
(d) Katie told him.

10. Where does Simon work?
(a) A university.
(b) The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(c) A television station.
(d) An advertising agency.

11. How are Si's visitors dressed when they arrive at the Dakota during his training?
(a) In spacesuits.
(b) In shorts and t-shirts.
(c) In period costume.
(d) In their normal clothes.

12. When Si begins training for his assignment, how does he feel?
(a) Doubtful.
(b) Excited.
(c) He can't stop smiling.
(d) He cries.

13. Why does Ruben Prien want to eat lunch with Si outside?
(a) He doesn't like the color of Si's office.
(b) It is a nice day.
(c) He wants to work on his tan.
(d) So they can't be overheard.

14. What property of Si's does the agency purchase?
(a) The right to use his name to promote time travel.
(b) His apartment.
(c) A painting.
(d) The house he grew up in.

15. After Ruben and Si finish talking about Katie at the end of Chapter 11, where does Ruben take Si?
(a) Into the past.
(b) Out to dinner.
(c) To the agency's warehouse.
(d) To the Dakota.

Short Answer Questions

1. After one of their dates, what does Katie tell Si?

2. How does Si change his appearance before he travels back in time?

3. What proves that Si did indeed travel back in time?

4. Who is the government agency director?

5. While Si is making dinner during his last few days at the Dakota, who surprises him with a visit?

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