View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Felix Grier do for a living?
(a) He writes for the newspaper.
(b) He's an artist.
(c) He's a photographer.
(d) He's a mailman.

2. When Jake and Carmody do meet, where do they go to talk?
(a) To the alley between buildings.
(b) To a closet in Jake's office.
(c) To a park bench.
(d) To a phone booth.

3. What reputation does Chief of Police Byrnes have with the tenants at the boarding house?
(a) A lazy, doughnut eater.
(b) A nice guy.
(c) A ruthless interrogator.
(d) They don't know him.

4. Where does Jake work?
(a) At the agency.
(b) At city hall.
(c) The county courthouse.
(d) The White House.

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

6. What does Julia want Si to do before he leaves the boarding house in Chapter 15?
(a) Take her photograph.
(b) Sketch the boarding house.
(c) Sketch a drawing of her on paper.
(d) Clean his room.

7. Why does Si go to 19 Gramercy Park?
(a) It's the address of the agency.
(b) It's the address the man who mailed the letter gave to the cab driver.
(c) It's the address of Si's new apartment.
(d) It's the address where Andrew Carmody lived.

8. On Si's fourth trip to the past, why is he nervous about returning to 19 Gramercy Park?
(a) He doesn't want a conflict with Jake.
(b) He doesn't want to see Julia.
(c) He's jealous of Jake's relationship with Julia.
(d) He's scared that Jake and Julia are married.

9. What does Si notice about the children playing in 1882?
(a) The park they're playing in is where the agency is located.
(b) The park they're playing in doesn't exist in his day.
(c) They play in the street.
(d) They play rough.

10. When the board meeting ends, where do Si and Ruben go?
(a) To 19 Gramercy Park.
(b) To lunch.
(c) To Katie's.
(d) To the Dakota.

11. What argument between Jake and Carmody does Si overhear?
(a) They argue about where to eat dinner.
(b) They argue that Jake shouldn't marry Julia.
(c) They argue about Katie.
(d) They argue if they should be talking in the park.

12. What reason does Julia give for only part of the Statue of Liberty being in the park?
(a) The rest will be delivered when the artist finishes it.
(b) The rest will be delivered when the city decides where to put it.
(c) France has decided to keep the rest of it.
(d) The rest will be delivered as soon a ship can be found to bring it.

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

14. What does Si use to sketch a picture of Julia in the frost on the window?
(a) A spoon.
(b) A pencil he found on the table.
(c) His driver's license.
(d) His key from the Dakota.

15. What upsets Julia when she gets to Si's apartment in Chapter 21?
(a) The book about World War I.
(b) She meets Katie.
(c) The television.
(d) His apartment is messy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What day is it at the beginning of Chapter 18?

2. Why do Si and Julia run from Jake's office?

3. On his first morning at the boarding house, why is Si deliberately late for breakfast?

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

5. After dinner, when Jake returns to the boarding house, what is on his shirt?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 653 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample