View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While talking with Ruben and Danziger in Danziger's office, what pledge does Si make to Danziger?

2. What does Si need to learn about the year 1882?

3. What property of Si's does the agency purchase?

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

5. How are Si's visitors dressed when they arrive at the Dakota during his training?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why might Ruben's agency have wanted to search Si's apartment, even though they had already checked out his background?

2. Describe the individual Katie and Si see mailing the letter.

3. Which two people visit Si at the Dakota first and for what purpose?

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

5. How did Si meet Katie?

6. How does Si feel after his assignment is approved by the board of directors?

7. How does Si change his appearance in the present to prepare to fit in in the past?

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

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

10. How is the fact that Si sees a woman with smallpox scars on her face in the past relevant to the relationship between past and present times?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Imagine you had the opportunity to experience time travel and that you were a frequent visitor to your favorite place in time. If you had to choose to live in the past or live in the present, which would you choose? What would you miss most about the time period you didn't choose?

Essay Topic 2

Simon Morley is the narrator of the story and the story's plot is directly interwoven with his personality and how it changes as he experiences traveling to 1882. What is Simon's view of life when the book begins? How does his seeming fascination with old photographs symbolize his own life experience? What is Simon's view of life at the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Time and Again has three main plots; the time travel project, Si's relationship with Julia, and the conflict between Jake and Carmody. Describe each of these plots.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 690 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample