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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Si wait while the board of directors discusses his second trip into the past?
(a) Outside.
(b) In Ruben's office.
(c) In the cafeteria.
(d) At his apartment.

2. What was so mysterious about the note Andrew Carmody left his family?
(a) It was written on a sticky note.
(b) It was written on a piece of newspaper.
(c) It was written on the back of a letter.
(d) It was written on the President's stationery.

3. The morning after Si's walk in the snow, what has mysteriously vanished?
(a) Si's memories of the day before.
(b) Carmody's letter.
(c) Si's footprints and the sleigh's tracks.
(d) Si's car.

4. What unusual marking was on Andrew Carmody's grave?
(a) A crescent moon.
(b) His birthdate was incorrect.
(c) His family crest.
(d) A star in a circle.

5. While talking with Ruben and Danziger in Danziger's office, what pledge does Si make to Danziger?
(a) That he will find out who Danziger's parents are.
(b) That he'll donate his paycheck to charity.
(c) That he won't go into the past again.
(d) His loyalty.

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

7. While Si is making dinner during his last few days at the Dakota, who surprises him with a visit?
(a) Katie.
(b) Danziger.
(c) Dr. Rossoff.
(d) May.

8. Who does Si and Katie see mail Carmody's letter?
(a) A husky man with a dog.
(b) A tall, bald man.
(c) A man wearing a hat and boots.
(d) A tall, husky man with a beard.

9. What connection does the letter have with President Cleveland?
(a) President Cleveland wrote the letter.
(b) It was mailed to Carmody who worked for the President.
(c) The man who sent the letter knew the President.
(d) It was mailed to the White House.

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

11. Who is Esterhazy?
(a) A spy.
(b) Ruben's best friend.
(c) A man who works with Danziger.
(d) Katie's adoptive father.

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

13. When Danziger assigns Si to go to San Francisco, where does Si ask to go instead?
(a) To New York in 2082.
(b) To New York in 1882.
(c) To Wisconsin in 1882.
(d) To Wisconsin in 1982.

14. What proves that Si did indeed travel back in time?
(a) He saw the museum window.
(b) He saw a couple in a sleigh.
(c) He saw snow.
(d) He took pictures of old buildings.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of the play that Si watches at the agency?

2. How did Si and Katie meet?

3. The agency won't let __________ help Si with his second trip to the past.

4. Who does Esterhazy say is in control of the agency's time travel project?

5. Where does the funding for the time travel project come from?

(see the answer keys)

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