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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mark does the letter-mailer's boot leave in the snow?

2. When Chapter 7 begins, where/when is Si?

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

4. After one of their dates, what does Katie tell Si?

5. Why does Ruben Prien want to eat lunch with Si outside?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Simon do for a living?

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

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

5. Si finds out two things happened in January, 1882. What were they?

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

7. On the walls of Katie's shop Si notices several photographs, what does he think of them?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Katie goes to 1882 with Si, they travel through New York, interact with the people, and see an old-fashioned version of a traffic jam. If you traveled through a big city today, how might your experience be similar to what Si and Katie experienced? How would it be different?

Essay Topic 2

After a man is eliminated from history, due to the time travel project, Esterhazy expresses his feelings that the risks of time travel to the future is minimal and the project should continue. Danziger, on the other hand, feels that even the smallest risk is too much and the project should be shut down. If you had been on the agency's board of directors who would you have sided with and why?

Essay Topic 3

Science fiction sometimes uses factual, real-life events as a basis to make a fictional events seem more real. Describe two real-life events the author used to make Time and Again seem more real. And, if you had written the book, describe a real-life fact you would have added to make the story seem real.

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