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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. Who does Esterhazy say is in control of the agency's time travel project?

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

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

4. What does Si tell his boss In Chapter 2?

5. What does Danziger hope will happen if Si sees Danziger's parents?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Rossoff visits Si at the Dakota, what hypnotic suggestion does he make to Si?

3. How did Si meet Katie?

4. What detail that Si's revealed about his experience in the past made the agency scientists so happy and why?

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

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

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

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

9. How would you describe Simon Morley?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

At the start of Si's employment with the agency, the scientists involved insisted that the time travelers be very careful not to change history. What made the scientists change their mind about this policy? Do you think the scientists had good motives in asking Si to change history? Relate a benefit to changing history. Relate a possible side effect in changing history.

Essay Topic 3

Most stories have a "bad guy," or antagonist. In Time and Again there were two; one in the present and one in the past. Who were the two antagonists and, though they lived in different times, how are they the same? How are they different?

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