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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who conducts the psychological tests on Si?
(a) Andrew Carmody.
(b) Oscar Rossoff.
(c) Martin Lastvogel.
(d) Ruben Prien.

6. Where does the funding for the time travel project come from?
(a) The government.
(b) The post office.
(c) The scientists.
(d) Danziger.

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

8. What does Si need to learn about the year 1882?
(a) How the mail system worked.
(b) The language, history, and manners.
(c) Who was President of the United States.
(d) How the people traveled.

9. Oscar Rossoff believes Si is:
(a) Not the right person for the job.
(b) An ideal candidate for mayor.
(c) Someone he wants to be friends with.
(d) An ideal candidate for the job.

10. What makes it easier for Si to imagine himself in the past?
(a) Photographs.
(b) Moonlight.
(c) A thunderstorm.
(d) A heavy snowfall.

11. Before accepting the job, what request does Si make of Ruben?
(a) That Si can call his parents.
(b) That Si can tell Katie the truth.
(c) That he get a big office.
(d) That Si can contact his past relatives.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Si travels back in time, what do the scientists conclude about his mental health?

2. What do the psychological tests reveal about Si?

3. When Si visits the agency, what does he see people in the classrooms there doing?

4. What kind of job does Ruben offer Si?

5. What did Andrew Carmody do for a living?

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