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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Si feel after looking at a collection of old photographs in an antique store?
(a) That he'd like to get to know the people in them.
(b) That his life is more exciting than the ones in the photos.
(c) That he wishes everyone owned a digital camera.
(d) That they are just snapshots of life not being truly lived.

2. Where does Si meet with Danziger in Chapter 4?
(a) On the street.
(b) In the cafeteria.
(c) In the alley behind the agency.
(d) In his office.

3. While talking with Ruben and Danziger in Danziger's office, what pledge does Si make to Danziger?
(a) That he'll donate his paycheck to charity.
(b) His loyalty.
(c) That he will find out who Danziger's parents are.
(d) That he won't go into the past again.

4. The morning after Si's walk in the snow, what has mysteriously vanished?
(a) Si's footprints and the sleigh's tracks.
(b) Carmody's letter.
(c) Si's car.
(d) Si's memories of the day before.

5. What does Danziger hope will happen if Si sees Danziger's parents?
(a) That Si doesn't get too upset.
(b) That he can take their picture.
(c) That his parents don't recognize Si.
(d) That he can sketch the way they looked.

6. Who is the government agency director?
(a) Lastvogel.
(b) Carmody.
(c) Danziger.
(d) Rossoff.

7. When Si sees Katie again, after he's traveled into the past, what is she disappointed about?
(a) The explanation of where he's been.
(b) The food at the restaurant he took her to.
(c) That he didn't bring her a present.
(d) That he still doesn't know who mailed Carmody's letter.

8. How did Andrew Carmody die?
(a) He died of pneumonia.
(b) He shot himself.
(c) He was shot in a robbery.
(d) He was in a car accident.

9. What did Andrew Carmody do for a living?
(a) He was a minor official in Grover Cleveland's administration.
(b) He was president of the United States.
(c) He was a guard at the White House.
(d) He drove Grover Cleveland's car.

10. During a walk in the snow, what does Si see a couple in a sleigh doing?
(a) Holding hands.
(b) Singing.
(c) Laughing.
(d) He doesn't see a sleigh.

11. How are Si's visitors dressed when they arrive at the Dakota during his training?
(a) In spacesuits.
(b) In shorts and t-shirts.
(c) In their normal clothes.
(d) In period costume.

12. What year does Si live in?
(a) 1782.
(b) 1882.
(c) 2082.
(d) 1982.

13. What property of Si's does the agency purchase?
(a) His apartment.
(b) A painting.
(c) The right to use his name to promote time travel.
(d) The house he grew up in.

14. Where does the funding for the time travel project come from?
(a) The government.
(b) The scientists.
(c) Danziger.
(d) The post office.

15. In the beginning of Chapter 3, where does Ruben take Si?
(a) Into the past to meet a friend.
(b) Out to dinner.
(c) Home.
(d) On a tour of the agency.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has to give permission before Danziger can send Si back in time?

2. What mark does the letter-mailer's boot leave in the snow?

3. Who is the book's narrator?

4. While Si is making dinner during his last few days at the Dakota, who surprises him with a visit?

5. Why does the agency hire actors?

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