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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 is the good thing about the elasticized trousers?

2. How many pages does H.G. Wells need to explain what a time machine is?

3. What does Kolya say the problem might be?

4. What does Kolya hate the most about life with the Mongols?

5. How many men will head to Jamrud?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the turning point in the way the Mongols treat Sable?

2. Why would heading to Chicago pose some major difficulties?

3. What spooks the soldiers about the city?

4. What are some alternative reasons to head to the closer location?

5. How is the Eye sphere so unique?

6. Why is the ride in the Bird uncomfortable?

7. How does Sable make herself understood? What does this show about her character?

8. For what reasons does it become obvious to Bisesa why the people love Alexander?

9. How does Kolya react to the Mongol's reaction to Musa?

10. What is strange about the sphere to Seeker?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Bisesa's reliance on her Puritabs. What is her intention by continuing to use them and why? What is interesting to note about their bodily reaction to being sent through time? Who fares worse compared to who?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the Firstborn's idea with fragmenting time. What do they hope to accomplish? Are they successful? Why or why not? In what ways could they have achieved the same affect and not destroyed the world as the humans know it?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the concept of this book. How does it offer a unique perspective on time travel? What credibility does it have? esearch the author's comments on this book. What does it reveal?

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