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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. Who does Ruben work for?

3. Why does Ruben Prien want to eat lunch with Si outside?

4. What was so mysterious about the note Andrew Carmody left his family?

5. What connection does the letter have with President Cleveland?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Simon do for a living?

10. Why did Si accept Ruben's job offer after his outing with 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

After a man is eliminated from history, due to the time travel project, Esterhazy expresses his feelings that the risks of time travel to the future is minimal and the project should continue. Danziger, on the other hand, feels that even the smallest risk is too much and the project should be shut down. If you had been on the agency's board of directors who would you have sided with and why?

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