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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 does Si notice about the children playing in 1882?
(a) The park they're playing in doesn't exist in his day.
(b) They play in the street.
(c) The park they're playing in is where the agency is located.
(d) They play rough.

2. On his first morning at the boarding house, why is Si deliberately late for breakfast?
(a) Because he doesn't like to eat breakfast.
(b) So he doesn't have to see Aunt Ada.
(c) So he can read the paper.
(d) So he can avoid the other tenants.

3. What do the police find in Si's room at the boarding house?
(a) His key to the Dakota.
(b) Incriminated invoices.
(c) A drawing of Julia.
(d) A large sum of money.

4. How does Si get into Jake's office?
(a) He breaks the window.
(b) He gets a key.
(c) The door is open.
(d) He pretends to be a janitor.

5. Who owns the house at 19 Gramercy Park?
(a) Felix Grier.
(b) Si's parents.
(c) Julia's Aunt Alice.
(d) Julia's Aunt Ada.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Si tell Julia his plans are for his first day at the boarding house?

2. Most of Chapter 13 contains Si's description of what?

3. What does Julia tell Si about the markings on Carmody's tombstone?

4. When Si goes to follow Jake to his meeting with Carmody in Chapter 18, who goes with him?

5. After spending another day in 1882, what does Si decide about the people who live there?

Short Essay Questions

1. After taking Julia to his apartment in the present, what makes Si realize he has to take Julia back to her own time?

2. Who does Si tell Julia he is?

3. During the board discussion about affects of time travel on the future, what two opposing points of view do Danziger and Esterhazy express?

4. As Si and Julia hide in a corner of Jake's office, what happens between Carmody and Jake?

5. How does Si learn that Carmody is motivated by social advancement?

6. What information is in the contracts Jake has in his office, and what does Jake conclude from the information in them?

7. On Si's first evening at the boarding house, what glaring mistake does Si make that almost reveals his true identity?

8. What connection does Julia make between the boots in Jake's room and Carmody?

9. When Jake returns to the boarding house why is his shirt blood stained?

10. When Si returns to the agency after his day off, why is everyone there distracted?

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