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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. Why does Si learn self-hypnosis?

2. Before accepting the job, what request does Si make of Ruben?

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

4. Who does Ruben work for?

5. What does Danziger hope will happen if Si sees Danziger's parents?

Short Essay Questions

1. What might have intrigued Simon into listening to Ruben Prien's offer?

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

3. When Si and Katie both go to the past how does the experience make them feel physically?

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

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

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

7. Why does Si repeatedly look out the windows of his room in the Dakota and why does he stop looking out of them?

8. Why does Si not tell the scientists that Katie went with him to 1882?

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

10. How does Ruben find out Katie went with Si into the past?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the end of the book Si decides to live in the past with his true love, Julia. That decision raises some questions about Si's life in the present. How do you think Si's family and friends react when he doesn't come back. Do you think Si lived in the past and then was born again in his own time, or did he change the future with his decision?

Essay Topic 2

When Ruben first meets Si, he explains the agency's purpose and then tells Si the agency, without his knowledge, checked into Si's background. Is it ethical for a company to check a potential employee's background without asking their permission first? Would you work for a company if you found out they had secretly checked your background? Ruben said the agency felt Si was a good candidate for the job because of his background, does that fact change how you feel about the agency's background check practices?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Ruben's job at the agency. If you were Si would you have trusted Ruben? Why or why not?

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