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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Si admits he enjoys Katie's company, but tells the reader that:
(a) She talks too much.
(b) He wishes she were more exciting.
(c) He will keep most things about their relationship to himself.
(d) He wants to get to know her better.

2. When Si finishes his training at the agency where is he taken?
(a) To the Statue of Liberty.
(b) To the post office.
(c) To the laboratory.
(d) To the Dakota.

3. When Chapter 7 begins, where/when is Si?
(a) In the park, in the past.
(b) Near the Statue of Liberty, in the present.
(c) In the Dakota, in the past.
(d) In the Dakota, in the present.

4. During their lunch meeting, whose theory about time does Danziger explain to Si?
(a) Stephen Hawking's.
(b) Albert Einstein's.
(c) Galileo Galilei's.
(d) Michel Nostradamus's.

5. What does Si look at that makes him excited about traveling to the past?
(a) Paintings.
(b) Old cars.
(c) Photographs.
(d) Antiques.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Si and Katie see mail Carmody's letter?

3. While talking with Ruben and Danziger in Danziger's office, what pledge does Si make to Danziger?

4. What did Andrew Carmody do for a living?

5. Why does Katie want to travel back in time?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Si feel after his assignment is approved by the board of directors?

2. How is the fact that Si sees a woman with smallpox scars on her face in the past relevant to the relationship between past and present times?

3. What does Simon do for a living?

4. What detail about the project being government funded does Esterhazy relate to Si?

5. Describe the individual Katie and Si see mailing the letter.

6. What about the photographs Si that looks at during training makes him more excited about his impending trip to the past?

7. What does Danziger tell Si the potential agents he saw at the warehouse are being trained for?

8. Si's first day at his new job begins with a tour of the agency. What is the most beneficial thing he sees?

9. What detail that Si's revealed about his experience in the past made the agency scientists so happy and why?

10. Why does the agency use the Dakota as a time travel portal for Si?

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