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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 Si visits Katie after the board meeting, what does she urge him to do?

2. What does Julia want Si to do before he leaves the boarding house in Chapter 15?

3. What newspaper office does Si notice on his way to Jake's office?

4. What is Si concerned about if Julia goes back to her own time?

5. While he reads the paper, what does Si notice about Julia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information is in the contracts Jake has in his office, and what does Jake conclude from the information in them?

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

3. When Jake returns to the boarding house why is his shirt blood stained?

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

5. The day after the fire, when Si and Julia see Carmody again, what is his condition?

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

7. 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?

8. When Si returns to the past again in Chapter 17, what is the difference in his attitude about life in 1882?

9. Who is Jake Pickering and why is he not happy to meet Si?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Science fiction sometimes uses factual, real-life events as a basis to make a fictional events seem more real. Describe two real-life events the author used to make Time and Again seem more real. And, if you had written the book, describe a real-life fact you would have added to make the story seem real.

Essay Topic 3

At the end of the book Si decides to live in the past with his true love, Julia. That decision raises some questions about Si's life in the present. How do you think Si's family and friends react when he doesn't come back. Do you think Si lived in the past and then was born again in his own time, or did he change the future with his decision?

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