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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Si insist that Julia return home?
(a) Because it would change the future if she doesn't.
(b) So she doesn't have to experience war, pollution or racism.
(c) Because it's the right thing to do.
(d) So she can marry Jake.

2. Who is Jake Pickering?
(a) A man who works at the agency.
(b) The man who mailed the letter to Carmody.
(c) The cab driver who drove Si to Gramercy Park.
(d) Katie's adoptive father.

3. On his first morning at the boarding house, why is Si deliberately late for breakfast?
(a) So he can avoid the other tenants.
(b) So he doesn't have to see Aunt Ada.
(c) Because he doesn't like to eat breakfast.
(d) So he can read the paper.

4. Who is the first person Si meets at 19 Gramercy Park?
(a) Julia Charbonneau.
(b) Katie Mancuso.
(c) Felix Grier.
(d) Jake Pickering.

5. During dinner on his first night at the boarding house, why does Julia look curiously at Si?
(a) Si has a funny laugh.
(b) It's obvious that Si is not from New York.
(c) Si doesn't know how to play birthday games.
(d) Si doesn't understand everything that's going on.

6. What does Julia tell Si about the markings on Carmody's tombstone?
(a) It means Carmody was an astronomer.
(b) The markings were a sign of social standing.
(c) It means Carmody was part of a men's club.
(d) It's a good luck sign.

7. What does Rossoff tell Si when he returns to the agency after his third time travel trip?
(a) Julia was eliminated from history.
(b) He's fired.
(c) Ruben left the agency.
(d) A man was eliminated from history.

8. Despite possible consequences to the future, what does Si decide to do?
(a) Break up Jake and Julia.
(b) Marry Julia.
(c) Save Carmody's life.
(d) Put Jake in jail.

9. How does Si get into Jake's office?
(a) He breaks the window.
(b) The door is open.
(c) He pretends to be a janitor.
(d) He gets a key.

10. At the beginning of Chapter 12, what place does Si make two sketches of?
(a) The farmland where the museum is in the present time.
(b) The Dakota.
(c) The street between the Dakota and the museum.
(d) The museum.

11. After getting to know her, Si admits what about Julia?
(a) That she's nice, but he prefers Katie.
(b) That she takes good care of the boarding house.
(c) That he's falling a little in love with her.
(d) That he thinks she may be his mother.

12. After spending another day in 1882, what does Si decide about the people who live there?
(a) They should all come to live in the future with him.
(b) They need better cars.
(c) He's glad he doesn't live there with them.
(d) They deserve to be happy.

13. After dinner, when Jake returns to the boarding house, what is on his shirt?
(a) Grass stains.
(b) I heart New York.
(c) Mud.
(d) Blood.

14. After listening in on Jake and Carmody, where does Si go?
(a) Back to the post office.
(b) To Jake's office.
(c) To Carmody's house.
(d) To the agency.

15. Who owns the house at 19 Gramercy Park?
(a) Si's parents.
(b) Julia's Aunt Alice.
(c) Julia's Aunt Ada.
(d) Felix Grier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Julia tell Si is the most important thing to a woman?

2. What reputation does Chief of Police Byrnes have with the tenants at the boarding house?

3. During the board meeting, who gets angry and says he's going to shut the project down?

4. Who does Jake tell Carmody he's investigating?

5. What does Si tell Julia his plans are for his first day at the boarding house?

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