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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. What upsets Julia when she gets to Si's apartment in Chapter 21?

2. What does Julia tell Si about the markings on Carmody's tombstone?

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

4. When Si goes for a ride on the top of a bus, what does the bus driver talk about?

5. When the board meeting ends, where do Si and Ruben go?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who does Si tell Julia he is?

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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