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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the book's narrator?
(a) Jack Finney.
(b) Katie Mancuso.
(c) Ruben Prien.
(d) Simon Morley.

2. What does Danziger tell Si the agency's motivation for time travel is?
(a) To see how people lived a long time ago.
(b) To change the past.
(c) To prove it can be done.
(d) To stop someone from being born.

3. How did Si and Katie meet?
(a) Friends introduced them.
(b) At the mall.
(c) In the grocery store.
(d) When Si went into her antique store.

4. When Danziger assigns Si to go to San Francisco, where does Si ask to go instead?
(a) To Wisconsin in 1882.
(b) To New York in 1882.
(c) To New York in 2082.
(d) To Wisconsin in 1982.

5. Who has to give permission before Danziger can send Si back in time?
(a) The President of the United States.
(b) NASA.
(c) H.G. Wells.
(d) The board of directors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ruben apologize to Si in the warehouse?

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

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

4. When Si visits the agency, what does he see people in the classrooms there doing?

5. What is the relationship of Katie Mancuso and Andrew Carmody?

(see the answer key)

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