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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Chapter 7 begins, where/when is Si?
(a) In the Dakota, in the present.
(b) In the Dakota, in the past.
(c) Near the Statue of Liberty, in the present.
(d) In the park, in the past.

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

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

5. Why does Dr. Rossoff come to see Si at the Dakota?
(a) To see if he's okay.
(b) To take his blood pressure.
(c) To talk him out of time travel.
(d) To hypnotize him.

6. After Si travels back in time, what do the scientists conclude about his mental health?
(a) He's fine.
(b) He needs a vacation.
(c) He needs therapy.
(d) He shouldn't risk traveling again.

7. Who does Esterhazy say is in control of the agency's time travel project?
(a) Himself.
(b) Ruben.
(c) Danziger.
(d) Si.

8. What does Ruben tell Si about his third trip to the past?
(a) That he needs to stay away from the post office.
(b) That he can't go.
(c) That Katie can't come with him.
(d) That he can't ride the bus.

9. In Chapter 5, what letter does Katie show Si?
(a) A love letter.
(b) A mysterious letter sent to Andrew Carmody.
(c) A letter from Si's mother.
(d) A mysterious letter from a secret government agency.

10. The agency won't let __________ help Si with his second trip to the past.
(a) Danziger.
(b) Dr. Rossoff.
(c) Katie.
(d) Ruben.

11. Si admits he enjoys Katie's company, but tells the reader that:
(a) She talks too much.
(b) He will keep most things about their relationship to himself.
(c) He wishes she were more exciting.
(d) He wants to get to know her better.

12. How does Si feel after looking at a collection of old photographs in an antique store?
(a) That he'd like to get to know the people in them.
(b) That his life is more exciting than the ones in the photos.
(c) That they are just snapshots of life not being truly lived.
(d) That he wishes everyone owned a digital camera.

13. What snaps Si out of his hypnotic state?
(a) A familiar voice or cue word.
(b) The sound of music.
(c) Katie.
(d) A phone ringing.

14. How does Si change his appearance before he travels back in time?
(a) He shaves.
(b) He puts on make-up.
(c) He dies his hair gray.
(d) He grows his hair and a beard.

15. How does Si break the news to his family and friends that he'll be gone for awhile?
(a) He sends them post cards.
(b) He doesn't tell them.
(c) He asks Katie to tell them.
(d) He calls them on the phone.

Short Answer Questions

1. During lunch with Danziger at the agency, who are the other two people Si notices eating lunch?

2. What connection does the letter have with President Cleveland?

3. Before he begins his job training, Si tells Danziger he wants to go back in time for what reason?

4. What is the theme of Chapter 6?

5. What does Si need to learn about the year 1882?

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