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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 does Katie want to travel back in time?
(a) Because Carmody's letter belongs to her.
(b) Because it sounds like fun.
(c) Because she's curious.
(d) Because she collects antiques.

2. What is Si's favorite street in New York City?
(a) Brooklyn Avenue.
(b) Fifth Avenue.
(c) Broadway.
(d) Wall Street.

3. Why does Ruben Prien want to eat lunch with Si outside?
(a) It is a nice day.
(b) He doesn't like the color of Si's office.
(c) So they can't be overheard.
(d) He wants to work on his tan.

4. When Si visits the agency, what does he see people in the classrooms there doing?
(a) Learning how to operate the time travel machine.
(b) Learning to speak Spanish and how to calculate Roman numerals.
(c) Learning about time travel theory.
(d) Learning the Charleston, Medieval French, and how to fight with old weapons.

5. During lunch with Danziger at the agency, who are the other two people Si notices eating lunch?
(a) The young man who was learning to use old weapons and his girlfriend.
(b) The young man who was learning to use old weapons and an actress.
(c) The girl dancing the Charleston and the young man who was learning to use old weapons.
(d) The girl dancing the Charleston and Ruben.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was so mysterious about the note Andrew Carmody left his family?

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

3. What connection is there between Carmody's letter and Danziger's parents?

4. How are Si's visitors dressed when they arrive at the Dakota during his training?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Rossoff visits Si at the Dakota, what hypnotic suggestion does he make to Si?

3. What might have intrigued Simon into listening to Ruben Prien's offer?

4. How would you describe Simon Morley?

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

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

7. Why did Si accept Ruben's job offer after his outing with Katie?

8. What about the photographs Si that looks at during training makes him more excited about his impending trip to the past?

9. On the walls of Katie's shop Si notices several photographs, what does he think of them?

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

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