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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. Where does Si wait while the board of directors discusses his second trip into the past?
(a) Outside.
(b) At his apartment.
(c) In Ruben's office.
(d) In the cafeteria.

2. Why did Si not tell the scientists that Katie traveled with him into the past?
(a) He wanted to ask Katie if it was okay first.
(b) He wanted to tell Ruben first.
(c) He wanted to tell Danziger privately.
(d) He decided not to tell anybody.

3. What unusual marking was on Andrew Carmody's grave?
(a) His birthdate was incorrect.
(b) A star in a circle.
(c) His family crest.
(d) A crescent moon.

4. What mark does the letter-mailer's boot leave in the snow?
(a) The agency's logo.
(b) The same mark that's on Carmody's tombstone.
(c) The size of the boot.
(d) The postmark that's on the letter.

5. What connection does the letter have with President Cleveland?
(a) The man who sent the letter knew the President.
(b) It was mailed to Carmody who worked for the President.
(c) President Cleveland wrote the letter.
(d) It was mailed to the White House.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During a walk in the snow, what does Si see a couple in a sleigh doing?

3. What does the government agency director tell Si?

4. How does Si change his appearance before he travels back in time?

5. What year does Si live in?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What detail about the project being government funded does Esterhazy relate to Si?

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

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

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

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

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

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. What does Si remember after waking up from his session with Dr. Rossoff?

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

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