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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. Who is the book's narrator?
(a) Ruben Prien.
(b) Jack Finney.
(c) Katie Mancuso.
(d) Simon Morley.
2. When Si begins training for his assignment, how does he feel?
(a) Doubtful.
(b) He cries.
(c) Excited.
(d) He can't stop smiling.
3. When Danziger assigns Si to go to San Francisco, where does Si ask to go instead?
(a) To New York in 2082.
(b) To New York in 1882.
(c) To Wisconsin in 1882.
(d) To Wisconsin in 1982.
4. Why does the agency hire actors?
(a) To give acting lessons to their employees.
(b) Because they hope to be nominated for an oscar.
(c) To familiarize their employees with cultures of the past.
(d) For entertainment in between time travel jobs.
5. In the beginning of Chapter 3, where does Ruben take Si?
(a) On a tour of the agency.
(b) Into the past to meet a friend.
(c) Home.
(d) Out to dinner.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Ruben work for?
2. Who does Esterhazy say is in control of the agency's time travel project?
3. The morning after Si's walk in the snow, what has mysteriously vanished?
4. After Ruben and Si finish talking about Katie at the end of Chapter 11, where does Ruben take Si?
5. On his initial visit, what does Si see inside the agency's warehouse?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does clothing in 1882 look like for men and women in compared with today?
2. What does Danziger tell Si the potential agents he saw at the warehouse are being trained for?
3. 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?
4. What does Katie tell Si about her past that sets up the scene for Si's first assignment?
5. How does Ruben find out Katie went with Si into the past?
6. How did Si meet Katie?
7. Si's first day at his new job begins with a tour of the agency. What is the most beneficial thing he sees?
8. When Rossoff visits Si at the Dakota, what hypnotic suggestion does he make to Si?
9. What detail that Si's revealed about his experience in the past made the agency scientists so happy and why?
10. Why is it crucial to Si's job that he learn to hypnotize himself?
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