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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. Why does the agency hire actors?

2. Where does Si wait while the board of directors discusses his second trip into the past?

3. What is the setting of the play that Si watches at the agency?

4. Si admits he enjoys Katie's company, but tells the reader that:

5. After Ruben and Si finish talking about Katie at the end of Chapter 11, where does Ruben take Si?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does the agency use the Dakota as a time travel portal for Si?

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

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

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

8. How does Ruben find out Katie went with Si into the past?

9. What does Danziger tell Si the potential agents he saw at the warehouse are being trained for?

10. How did Si meet Katie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To stop Esterhazy from changing world history, Si prevents Danziger's parents from meeting. Though Danziger tells Si to do whatever was necessary to stop Esterhazy, do you think it was cruel for Si to prevent Danziger from being born? Speculate on whether or not the time travel project ever came into existence without Danziger.

Essay Topic 2

Time and Again explores the concept of personal responsibility. What is your definition of personal responsibility? How does your definition fit in with Si's eventual decisions to:

1) Tell Julia the truth about who he is and where he's from?

2) Return Julia to the past?

3) Stop the time travel project?

Essay Topic 3

There are several references in Time and Again to places and objects that have not changed much over the years. The Dakota, for example, was a real apartment building in 1882. The Statute of Liberty's arm is still in New York today. The Ladies' Mile continues to be a shopping district in New York. Think of a place or object that hasn't changed much over time. Why do you think it hasn't changed? Do you think it should be changed? How? Give the reasons why you think change in general is good or not good.

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