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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is the government agency director?

5. What is the theme of Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which two people visit Si at the Dakota first and for what purpose?

2. Why did Si accept Ruben's job offer after his outing with Katie?

3. On the walls of Katie's shop Si notices several photographs, what does he think of them?

4. Si finds out two things happened in January, 1882. What were they?

5. 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?

6. Why is it crucial to Si's job that he learn to hypnotize himself?

7. How does Danziger explaining Einstein's theory to Si help make the story appear more realistic to the reader?

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

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

10. When Si returns to the agency in the present time in Chapter 11, why do the scientists quiz him about his trip to the past?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

On the night of the fire at Jake's office, Si and Julia lament afterward that they were somehow responsible for the fire. Do you think they were responsible? Use evidence from the book in your answer and include your thoughts on the following two points: 1) Si could have helped Jake try and put out the fire; 2) Si could have broken up the argument between Carmody and Jake before it escalated out of control.

Essay Topic 2

Of the questions raised in the first few chapters, which do you think the author did the best job of answering? What did you like about the answer?:

1) Is time travel possible?

2) Who mailed the mysterious letter to Carmody?

3) Why wouldn't Carmody's wife let anyone see his body?

4) What was the mysterious marking on his grave?

Essay Topic 3

Time and Again has three main plots; the time travel project, Si's relationship with Julia, and the conflict between Jake and Carmody. Describe each of these plots.

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