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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 does Si tell Julia about Jake?

2. In the board meeting, what does Esterhazy say about the project's risks?

3. What is Julia's theory of what happened to Jake after the incident at his office?

4. On his first morning at the boarding house, why is Si deliberately late for breakfast?

5. Who owns the house at 19 Gramercy Park?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What connection does Julia make between the boots in Jake's room and Carmody?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

When Katie goes to 1882 with Si, they travel through New York, interact with the people, and see an old-fashioned version of a traffic jam. If you traveled through a big city today, how might your experience be similar to what Si and Katie experienced? How would it be different?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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