Another Place, Another Time

Question 1

What did the children name the handcar?

Accepted Answer

The Kalamazoo

Question 2

What does the author mean by "the summer roared by like a three-masted schooner before a gale"

Accepted Answer

Summer went by quickly

Question 3

What happened to Gilbert's mother?

Accepted Answer

She died in childbirth

Question 4

Who wrote this story?

Accepted Answer

Cory Doctorow

Question 5

Which direction did the kids choose to pump?

Accepted Answer

Towards sea.

Question 6

Where does this story take place?

Accepted Answer

United States

Question 7

Which famous scientist does Gilbert argue found time to be just another dimension?

Accepted Answer

Einstein

Question 8

How did Gilbert first recognize that time was not working properly?

Accepted Answer

He looked at his watch

Question 9

A sextant is used to

Accepted Answer

determine location based on stars.

Question 10

Someone who is judicious

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has good judgement.

Question 11

What object do the kids find in the abandoned rail yard?

Accepted Answer

A handcar

Question 12

The conflict in the story is with the "tyranny of time." What does tyranny mean?

Accepted Answer

cruel rule

Question 13

What might the handcar best symbolize?

Accepted Answer

An escape from time

Question 14

Gilbert's feelings about time are best described as

Accepted Answer

frustrated.

Question 15

What is the climax of this story?

Accepted Answer

The many dimensions of time become obvious

Question 16

What type of literary device is used to tell us that Gilbert wants to please his father?

Accepted Answer

A simile

Question 17

What happened to make Mrs. Currie "look like she was caught by an onrush of time"?

Accepted Answer

Gilbert's father was lost at sea.

Question 18

Who is Mrs. Curie?

Accepted Answer

Gilbert's nanny

Question 19

Where is Gilbert's father during the winter?

Accepted Answer

At sea

Question 20

Which object did Gilbert choose to leave at home before his journey?

Accepted Answer

His grandfather's sextant

Question 21

Which direction does Neils ask about when the children are talking about different dimensions?

Accepted Answer

Sideways

Question 22

Speaking with persuasive or powerful expressions is called

Accepted Answer

Eloquence

Question 23

Emmy "didn't seem to mind" almost having her foot crushed by the handcar. This means

Accepted Answer

She was excited to get the handcar moving.

Question 24

Who is the main character in this story?

Accepted Answer

Gilbert

Question 25

What are the characters arguing about at the beginning of the story?

Accepted Answer

Time

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