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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. Most of Chapter 13 contains Si's description of what?

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

3. What part of the Statue of Liberty does Si find in a park in 1882?

4. What newspaper office does Si notice on his way to Jake's office?

5. Where does Si take Julia so she can go back to 1882?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Si tell Julia he is?

2. After taking Julia to his apartment in the present, what makes Si realize he has to take Julia back to her own time?

3. On Si's first evening at the boarding house, what glaring mistake does Si make that almost reveals his true identity?

4. Who opens the door to Si at 19 Gramercy Park and how does Si describe that individual?

5. When Julia asks Si to sketch her, why do you think Si was nervous about doing so?

6. 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?

7. What is "The Tweed Ring"?

8. Who is Jake Pickering and why is he not happy to meet Si?

9. What connection does Julia make between the boots in Jake's room and Carmody?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After a man is eliminated from history, due to the time travel project, Esterhazy expresses his feelings that the risks of time travel to the future is minimal and the project should continue. Danziger, on the other hand, feels that even the smallest risk is too much and the project should be shut down. If you had been on the agency's board of directors who would you have sided with and why?

Essay Topic 2

Simon Morley is the narrator of the story and the story's plot is directly interwoven with his personality and how it changes as he experiences traveling to 1882. What is Simon's view of life when the book begins? How does his seeming fascination with old photographs symbolize his own life experience? What is Simon's view of life at the end of the book?

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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