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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. Who has taught the King's son?

2. What does Bisesa notice is gone?

3. What does Bisesa give to Alexander's doctor?

4. What does Kolya look for to provide him with reassurance?

5. How old is Sable?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the notion of heading to Babylon appeal to both the Macedonians and the British?

2. Why does the phone fail to reveal all the information?

3. What unnerves Moallim?

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

5. What things disgust both Kolya and Sable?

6. Where should have Kolya been? Where is he instead?

7. Why does Bisesa avoid telling the people of Jamrud their future?

8. Where does Bisesa live as a child and what happens to that place?

9. What does Musa suggest to rename Earth and why?

10. Who does Sable finally manage to get in contact with? What pleases her besides this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Sable. Describe her personality. What kind of person is she? Who is she easily comparable to throughout the story?

Essay Topic 2

Explain what Josh meant when he comforts Bisesa. Provide an explanation why Josh could not or would not be brought forward in time, but the dirt and remnants of the world Bisesa has been in adhered to her clothes.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the theme of Time's Eye. Is there a moral of the story or an underlying current of value to the story? Is it strictly a work of fiction and no more? What evidence from the book leads you to these conclusions?

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