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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. How do Julia and Si eventually escape from Jake's office building?
2. What does the sign in the window of 19 Gramercy Park reveal about the house there?
3. Why do Si and Julia run from Jake's office?
4. How does Katie's letter reassure Si and Julia that the events in Jake's office weren't their fault?
5. What does Julia tell Si about the markings on Carmody's tombstone?
Short Essay Questions
1. During the board discussion about affects of time travel on the future, what two opposing points of view do Danziger and Esterhazy express?
2. When Chapter 12 opens with Si in the past, what two sketches does he make?
3. Who does Si tell Julia he is?
4. On Si's first evening at the boarding house, what glaring mistake does Si make that almost reveals his true identity?
5. What is "The Tweed Ring"?
6. At breakfast on Si's first morning at the boarding house, what does Si notice about Julia?
7. Why is Jake happy to see Si again in Chapter 17?
8. Why might a woman in Julia's time feel that marrying a man who is a good provider is more important than anything else?
9. When Si returns to the agency after his day off, why is everyone there distracted?
10. Who opens the door to Si at 19 Gramercy Park and how does Si describe that individual?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Most stories have a "bad guy," or antagonist. In Time and Again there were two; one in the present and one in the past. Who were the two antagonists and, though they lived in different times, how are they the same? How are they different?
Essay Topic 2
One of the time travelers at the agency accidentally eliminated a man from history. Choose one of these three persons and tell how they affected the world and what the world may be like if they had never existed.
1. Ben Franklin
2. Albert Einstein
3. Thomas Edison
Essay Topic 3
Science fiction sometimes uses factual, real-life events as a basis to make a fictional events seem more real. Describe two real-life events the author used to make Time and Again seem more real. And, if you had written the book, describe a real-life fact you would have added to make the story seem real.
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