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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. At the beginning of Chapter 12, what place does Si make two sketches of?

2. Who is surprisingly joyful to see Si when he gets to the boarding house?

3. What argument between Jake and Carmody does Si overhear?

4. On Si's first night back, what does Jake tell Si about Julia?

5. What do the police find in Si's room at the boarding house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the Ladies' Mile?

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

5. As Si and Julia hide in a corner of Jake's office, what happens between Carmody and Jake?

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

7. On Si's first evening at the boarding house, what glaring mistake does Si make that almost reveals his true identity?

8. 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?

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

10. What is "The Tweed Ring"?

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

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

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.

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