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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is the relationship of Katie Mancuso and Andrew Carmody?
(a) He's an old friend of her family.
(b) He's her husband from the past.
(c) He's her adoptive uncle.
(d) He's her adoptive grandfather.

9. How does Katie help Si with his job training?
(a) She quizes him.
(b) She talks to him on the phone.
(c) She makes him is favorite meal.
(d) She doesn't help him.

10. What year does Si live in?
(a) 2082.
(b) 1882.
(c) 1782.
(d) 1982.

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

12. Why does the agency hire actors?
(a) To familiarize their employees with cultures of the past.
(b) To give acting lessons to their employees.
(c) Because they hope to be nominated for an oscar.
(d) For entertainment in between time travel jobs.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ruben know that Katie went with Si into the past?

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

3. During a walk in the snow, what does Si see a couple in a sleigh doing?

4. Oscar Rossoff believes Si is:

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

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