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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 is Si's favorite street in New York City?

2. What does Ruben tell Si about his third trip to the past?

3. What snaps Si out of his hypnotic state?

4. Before he begins his job training, Si tells Danziger he wants to go back in time for what reason?

5. Si is both _______________ and _______________ by Ruben's job offer.

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. What does Simon do for a living?

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

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

7. Why does Si repeatedly look out the windows of his room in the Dakota and why does he stop looking out of them?

8. Why did Si accept Ruben's job offer after his outing with Katie?

9. What about the photographs Si that looks at during training makes him more excited about his impending trip to the past?

10. What does Si remember after waking up from his session with Dr. Rossoff?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Ruben first meets Si, he explains the agency's purpose and then tells Si the agency, without his knowledge, checked into Si's background. Is it ethical for a company to check a potential employee's background without asking their permission first? Would you work for a company if you found out they had secretly checked your background? Ruben said the agency felt Si was a good candidate for the job because of his background, does that fact change how you feel about the agency's background check practices?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

One of the time travelers at the agency accidentally eliminated a man from history. Choose one of these three persons and tell how they affected the world and what the world may be like if they had never existed.

1. Ben Franklin

2. Albert Einstein

3. Thomas Edison

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