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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. Why is the Dakota used as a time portal?
(a) Because it is newly painted.
(b) Because it has an empty apartment.
(c) Because it hasn't changed.
(d) Because the owner likes to travel in time.

2. After offering him a job, what does Ruben ask Si?
(a) If he can give him a polygraph test.
(b) If he can search his apartment.
(c) If he can see his birth certificate.
(d) If he can take him to dinner.

3. Why does Ruben apologize to Si in the warehouse?
(a) Because the place is a mess.
(b) He thinks he offended Si.
(c) Ruben believes he's confusing Si.
(d) Because Si doesn't like Ruben.

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

5. When Si finishes his training at the agency where is he taken?
(a) To the Dakota.
(b) To the Statue of Liberty.
(c) To the post office.
(d) To the laboratory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dr. Rossoff come to see Si at the Dakota?

2. In the beginning of Chapter 3, where does Ruben take Si?

3. What is Si's favorite street in New York City?

4. What year does Si live in?

5. What kind of job does Ruben offer Si?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why might Danziger have asked Si to sketch his parents?

3. How does Si feel after his assignment is approved by the board of directors?

4. Which two people visit Si at the Dakota first and for what purpose?

5. What does Katie tell Si about her past that sets up the scene for Si's first assignment?

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

7. How does Si change his appearance in the present to prepare to fit in in the past?

8. Si's first day at his new job begins with a tour of the agency. What is the most beneficial thing he sees?

9. Why does Si repeatedly look out the windows of his room in the Dakota and why does he stop looking out of them?

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

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