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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. Where does the funding for the time travel project come from?

3. After Si travels back in time, what do the scientists conclude about his mental health?

4. What makes it easier for Si to imagine himself in the past?

5. Who does Ruben work for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How would you describe Simon Morley?

9. How does Danziger explaining Einstein's theory to Si help make the story appear more realistic to the reader?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The night that Jake and Carmody meet in Jake's office, Si is hiding in a corner obeying the agency's non-interference rule. Yet Si breaks that rule on two accounts: 1) by bringing Julia along, and 2) by helping in the rescue efforts while the building was on fire. Does Si have a double standard when it comes to non-interference that night? Explain the reason for your answer.

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

Of the questions raised in the first few chapters, which do you think the author did the best job of answering? What did you like about the answer?:

1) Is time travel possible?

2) Who mailed the mysterious letter to Carmody?

3) Why wouldn't Carmody's wife let anyone see his body?

4) What was the mysterious marking on his grave?

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