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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 owns the house at 19 Gramercy Park?

2. On his way to the agency in Chapter 16, what detour does Si make?

3. What part of the Statue of Liberty does Si find in a park in 1882?

4. How does Si get into Jake's office?

5. What risk does Danziger tell the board is too high for the project to continue?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Jake happy to see Si again in Chapter 17?

2. When Si returns to the agency after his day off, why is everyone there distracted?

3. What connection does Julia make between the boots in Jake's room and Carmody?

4. Why might a woman in Julia's time feel that marrying a man who is a good provider is more important than anything else?

5. When Chapter 12 opens with Si in the past, what two sketches does he make?

6. At breakfast on Si's first morning at the boarding house, what does Si notice about Julia?

7. After spending the day with Julia, how does Si begin to feel about her?

8. Who does Si tell Julia he is?

9. During the board discussion about affects of time travel on the future, what two opposing points of view do Danziger and Esterhazy express?

10. How does Si's conversation with a bus driver change Si's view of people in 1882, and what does he decide to do as a result?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What part of Si's description of 1882 New York did you find most fascinating? If you could travel back to New York in 1882 for one day, what would you on that day? How would your everyday life be different if you lived in 1882?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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.

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