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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What connection does the letter have with President Cleveland?
(a) It was mailed to Carmody who worked for the President.
(b) The man who sent the letter knew the President.
(c) President Cleveland wrote the letter.
(d) It was mailed to the White House.

2. What connection is there between Carmody's letter and Danziger's parents?
(a) His parents wrote the letter.
(b) Danziger's dad mailed the letter.
(c) Danziger's parents worked for the post office.
(d) His parents met around the time the letter was mailed.

3. Why does Si stop looking out the windows at the Dakota?
(a) He doesn't like the view.
(b) His imagining is interrupted by passing cars.
(c) He imagines he's in the future.
(d) The passing cars are too noisy.

4. After one of their dates, what does Katie tell Si?
(a) That she wants to marry him.
(b) That she was related to Grover Cleveland.
(c) That she wants to travel through time too.
(d) That she was adopted.

5. Who is Esterhazy?
(a) Katie's adoptive father.
(b) A man who works with Danziger.
(c) Ruben's best friend.
(d) A spy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Si notice about the children playing in 1882?

2. When Si finds the address Ruben gave him, what does the place look like?

3. What makes it easier for Si to imagine himself in the past?

4. When Si begins training for his assignment, how does he feel?

5. Before he begins his job training, Si tells Danziger he wants to go back in time for what reason?

(see the answer key)

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