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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 the owner likes to travel in time.
(c) Because it has an empty apartment.
(d) Because it hasn't changed.

2. Why does the agency hire actors?
(a) To familiarize their employees with cultures of the past.
(b) To give acting lessons to their employees.
(c) For entertainment in between time travel jobs.
(d) Because they hope to be nominated for an oscar.

3. Before he begins his job training, Si tells Danziger he wants to go back in time for what reason?
(a) To find out who mailed the letter to Carmody.
(b) To see what Carmody looked like.
(c) To find out who Katie's parents were.
(d) To find out who his parents were.

4. While preparing for their trip to the past, what post-hypnotic suggestion do Si and Katie give themselves?
(a) To see who mailed the letter and to not interfere.
(b) To find out when the letter was mailed.
(c) To take a walk in the snow.
(d) To take a bus to the post office.

5. Where does Simon work?
(a) A university.
(b) An advertising agency.
(c) The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(d) A television station.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before accepting the job, what request does Si make of Ruben?

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

3. After offering him a job, what does Ruben ask Si?

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

5. How does Ruben know that Katie went with Si into the past?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the agency use the Dakota as a time travel portal for Si?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What detail that Si's revealed about his experience in the past made the agency scientists so happy and why?

9. How did Si meet Katie?

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

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