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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Si notice about cab drivers in the past and the present?
(a) They used to drive closer to the sidewalk.
(b) They haven't changed.
(c) They charge more now.
(d) They were more polite in the past.

2. Who has to give permission before Danziger can send Si back in time?
(a) The board of directors.
(b) The President of the United States.
(c) NASA.
(d) H.G. Wells.

3. Oscar Rossoff believes Si is:
(a) An ideal candidate for mayor.
(b) Someone he wants to be friends with.
(c) Not the right person for the job.
(d) An ideal candidate for the job.

4. What does the government agency director tell Si?
(a) He is in for an experience he will never forget.
(b) He is making a huge mistake.
(c) He can't work for the agency.
(d) He can't tell anyone about time travel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What proves that Si did indeed travel back in time?

2. When Chapter 8 opens, who is going over the details of Si's experience in the past?

3. While talking with Ruben and Danziger in Danziger's office, what pledge does Si make to Danziger?

4. How does Si break the news to his family and friends that he'll be gone for awhile?

5. What instrument does May play?

Short Essay Questions

1. Si finds out two things happened in January, 1882. What were they?

2. Why might Ruben's agency have wanted to search Si's apartment, even though they had already checked out his background?

3. Why does Si not tell the scientists that Katie went with him to 1882?

4. How does Danziger explaining Einstein's theory to Si help make the story appear more realistic to the reader?

5. When Si and Katie both go to the past how does the experience make them feel physically?

6. How does Ruben find out Katie went with Si into the past?

7. How did Si meet Katie?

8. What does Danziger tell Si the potential agents he saw at the warehouse are being trained for?

9. How does clothing in 1882 look like for men and women in compared with today?

10. Describe the individual Katie and Si see mailing the letter.

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