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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. When Si first introduces himself to Julia, where does he say he's from?
(a) Out of town.
(b) Wisconsin.
(c) New York.
(d) Across town.

2. What do the police find in Si's room at the boarding house?
(a) A large sum of money.
(b) Incriminated invoices.
(c) His key to the Dakota.
(d) A drawing of Julia.

3. What does Rossoff tell Si when he returns to the agency after his third time travel trip?
(a) A man was eliminated from history.
(b) He's fired.
(c) Ruben left the agency.
(d) Julia was eliminated from history.

4. Despite possible consequences to the future, what does Si decide to do?
(a) Put Jake in jail.
(b) Save Carmody's life.
(c) Marry Julia.
(d) Break up Jake and Julia.

5. Who is surprisingly joyful to see Si when he gets to the boarding house?
(a) Jake.
(b) Felix.
(c) Aunt Ada.
(d) Danziger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What argument between Jake and Carmody does Si overhear?

2. During dinner on his first night at the boarding house, why does Julia look curiously at Si?

3. Who is Jake Pickering?

4. How does Si know where to hide to watch Jake meet Carmody?

5. When the board meeting ends, where do Si and Ruben go?

Short Essay Questions

1. After spending the day with Julia, how does Si begin to feel about her?

2. What information is in the contracts Jake has in his office, and what does Jake conclude from the information in them?

3. Where are Julia and Si when Si tells her the truth of who he is?

4. At breakfast on Si's first morning at the boarding house, what does Si notice about Julia?

5. Who does Si tell Julia he is?

6. What is "The Tweed Ring"?

7. When Si visits 19 Gramercy Park in the present, what might he have hoped to learn by asking the young woman who answered the door if she knew of Julia?

8. What personality traits to Esterhazy and Jake Pickering have in common?

9. When Si returns to the past again in Chapter 17, what is the difference in his attitude about life in 1882?

10. During the board discussion about affects of time travel on the future, what two opposing points of view do Danziger and Esterhazy express?

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