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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What mark does the letter-mailer's boot leave in the snow?
(a) The size of the boot.
(b) The same mark that's on Carmody's tombstone.
(c) The postmark that's on the letter.
(d) The agency's logo.

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

7. 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 President's stationery.
(c) It was written on the back of a letter.
(d) It was written on a sticky note.

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 he can't ride the bus.
(d) That Katie can't come with him.

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

10. Why does Si learn self-hypnosis?
(a) So he's not scared to travel through time.
(b) So he can feel better.
(c) So he can lose weight.
(d) So he can let go of the present.

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

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

13. On his initial visit, what does Si see inside the agency's warehouse?
(a) Several stages and theater sets.
(b) People traveling through time.
(c) Antiques from the past.
(d) His girlfriend.

14. What connection is there between Carmody's letter and Danziger's parents?
(a) Danziger's parents worked for the post office.
(b) His parents wrote the letter.
(c) His parents met around the time the letter was mailed.
(d) Danziger's dad mailed the letter.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Si and Katie discuss what while on the bus in 1882?

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

5. Where does Si wait while the board of directors discusses his second trip into the past?

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