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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What proves that Si did indeed travel back in time?
(a) He saw a couple in a sleigh.
(b) He saw the museum window.
(c) He took pictures of old buildings.
(d) He saw snow.

3. Who does Esterhazy say is in control of the agency's time travel project?
(a) Danziger.
(b) Si.
(c) Ruben.
(d) Himself.

4. Why does Si learn self-hypnosis?
(a) So he can let go of the present.
(b) So he's not scared to travel through time.
(c) So he can lose weight.
(d) So he can feel better.

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

6. What does Si notice about cab drivers in the past and the present?
(a) They were more polite in the past.
(b) They used to drive closer to the sidewalk.
(c) They charge more now.
(d) They haven't changed.

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

8. What instrument does May play?
(a) The drums.
(b) The harp.
(c) The piano.
(d) The organ.

9. What concerns does the board of directors have about Si's trips to the past?
(a) That he's not really going to the past.
(b) That he might find his parents.
(c) That he will change the present.
(d) That it costs too much money.

10. What makes it easier for Si to imagine himself in the past?
(a) Moonlight.
(b) Photographs.
(c) A thunderstorm.
(d) A heavy snowfall.

11. What is the relationship of Katie Mancuso and Andrew Carmody?
(a) He's an old friend of her family.
(b) He's her husband from the past.
(c) He's her adoptive grandfather.
(d) He's her adoptive uncle.

12. How does Si break the news to his family and friends that he'll be gone for awhile?
(a) He calls them on the phone.
(b) He asks Katie to tell them.
(c) He sends them post cards.
(d) He doesn't tell them.

13. When Si visits the agency, what does he see people in the classrooms there doing?
(a) Learning how to operate the time travel machine.
(b) Learning the Charleston, Medieval French, and how to fight with old weapons.
(c) Learning to speak Spanish and how to calculate Roman numerals.
(d) Learning about time travel theory.

14. Si and Katie discuss what while on the bus in 1882?
(a) How bad the traffic is.
(b) The color of the bus.
(c) How the buildings have changed.
(d) How they feel about each other.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruben tell Si about his third trip to the past?

2. Si admits he enjoys Katie's company, but tells the reader that:

3. What does Si need to learn about the year 1882?

4. What is special about Si's apartment at the Dakota?

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

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