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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. While Si is in training at the Dakota which two people come to visit him?
(a) Ruben and May.
(b) Katie and May.
(c) Ruben and Danziger.
(d) Ruben and the Dakota manager.

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

3. How does Ruben know that Katie went with Si into the past?
(a) Katie told him.
(b) Si told him.
(c) Si is being watched.
(d) Danziger told him.

4. Si and Katie discuss what while on the bus in 1882?
(a) How they feel about each other.
(b) How the buildings have changed.
(c) How bad the traffic is.
(d) The color of the bus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Si begins training for his assignment, how does he feel?

2. Who is the book's narrator?

3. What makes it easier for Si to imagine himself in the past?

4. Why is the Dakota used as a time portal?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. After going through the psychological tests at the agency, what makes Dr. Rossoff say Si is perfect for the job?

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

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

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

9. How would you describe Simon Morley?

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

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