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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 concerns does the board of directors have about Si's trips to the past?
(a) That he might find his parents.
(b) That he's not really going to the past.
(c) That it costs too much money.
(d) That he will change the present.

2. Who is Katie Mancuso?
(a) Si's secretary.
(b) Si's wife.
(c) Si's girlfriend.
(d) Ruben's secretary.

3. When Ruben and Si finish their lunch, Ruben is convinced that:
(a) Si has already decided to take the job.
(b) He doesn't like eating outdoors.
(c) He'll have to talk Si into taking the job.
(d) Si is not the right person for the job.

4. How did Si and Katie meet?
(a) At the mall.
(b) In the grocery store.
(c) Friends introduced them.
(d) When Si went into her antique store.

5. When Si first visits the Dakota in the past, what does he do there?
(a) Meets other time travelers.
(b) Takes a room key.
(c) Takes pictures.
(d) Wonders how he got there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What snaps Si out of his hypnotic state?

2. What does Si need to learn about the year 1882?

3. When Si finishes his training at the agency where is he taken?

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

5. Why does Katie want to travel back in time?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is it crucial to Si's job that he learn to hypnotize himself?

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

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

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

10. When Si returns to the agency in the present time in Chapter 11, why do the scientists quiz him about his trip to the past?

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