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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. When Jake and Carmody do meet, where do they go to talk?

2. What does Si notice about the children playing in 1882?

3. What reputation does Chief of Police Byrnes have with the tenants at the boarding house?

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

5. After spending another day in 1882, what does Si decide about the people who live there?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Julia asks Si to sketch her, why do you think Si was nervous about doing so?

3. Who does Si tell Julia he is?

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

5. How does Si learn that Carmody is motivated by social advancement?

6. Who opens the door to Si at 19 Gramercy Park and how does Si describe that individual?

7. What personality traits to Esterhazy and Jake Pickering have in common?

8. What is "The Tweed Ring"?

9. Where are Julia and Si when Si tells her the truth of who he is?

10. When Si visits 19 Gramercy Park in the present, what might he have hoped to learn by asking the young woman who answered the door if she knew of Julia?

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

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

Imagine you had the opportunity to experience time travel and that you were a frequent visitor to your favorite place in time. If you had to choose to live in the past or live in the present, which would you choose? What would you miss most about the time period you didn't choose?

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