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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. How does Katie's letter reassure Si and Julia that the events in Jake's office weren't their fault?

2. What does the sign in the window of 19 Gramercy Park reveal about the house there?

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

4. What does Julia tell Si is the most important thing to a woman?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Of the questions raised in the first few chapters, which do you think the author did the best job of answering? What did you like about the answer?:

1) Is time travel possible?

2) Who mailed the mysterious letter to Carmody?

3) Why wouldn't Carmody's wife let anyone see his body?

4) What was the mysterious marking on his grave?

Essay Topic 2

Time and Again has three main plots; the time travel project, Si's relationship with Julia, and the conflict between Jake and Carmody. Describe each of these plots.

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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