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By JACOB BUSA
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Question 1
1.
Why will Neal not pick up his cell phone when Georgie calls? (from Chapters 10-15 )
He has forgotten his phone charger in Los Angeles.
He is angry with her for choosing to stay in Los Angeles for Christmas.
His mother does not have cell service at her house.
Alice and Noomi will not let him get to it before answering.
Question 2
2.
Why does Georgie think that she and Neal may have communicated from present to past before? (from Chapters 21-26)
The way he proposed was exactly what she had described to him on the phone.
In his proposal, he said what she had said to him on the phone: "we'll make our own enough."
He tells her that he only proposed because of their conversations on the landline.
She thinks he never would have proposed if she had not suggested it to him.
Question 3
3.
Why does it seem like Neal proposed to Georgie in 1998? (from Chapters 21-26)
He decided that he liked her more than Dawn.
He decided that he liked her enough to accept the way she wanted to live her life.
His mother pressured him into proposing.
He decided he wanted someone to direct his life.
Question 4
4.
Why does Neal grow so upset when Georgie tells him she needs to stay in Los Angeles over Christmas? (from Chapters 1-4)
He is angry that Georgie will not be there to cook Christmas dinner.
He feels she always puts her career before family.
He is upset because she has not seen his mother in years.
He always forces Georgie to do what's best for his career.
Question 5
5.
How does Neal feel about his own working life, from Georgie's perspective? (from Chapters 21-26)
He has always wanted to do odd jobs to support his artistic passion.
He never chose a career to which he wanted to commit himself.
He is very passionate about his career in oceanography.
He has never wanted a career and likely never will.
Question 6
6.
How does Neal feel about the cartoon he draws for their college newspaper? (from Chapters 5-9 )
He wants to be a professional cartoonist like Georgie wants to be a professional humorist.
He thinks his cartoons are terrible and stupid.
He hates cartooning but uses it as a way to make money.
He enjoys drawing them, but he does not see cartooning as a possible profession.
Question 7
7.
How do most people in Georgie's life - Neal included - perceive her friendship with Seth? (from Chapters 16-20)
They think the pair are competing with one another for success.
They think the pair hate each other.
They think the pair are romantically involved, or want to be.
They think the pair have a brother-sister bond.
Question 8
8.
How does Georgie know that the landline transported her back in time? (from Chapters 5-9 )
Neal does not know the names "Alice" and "Noomi" when he hears them.
Neal tells her that it is 1998.
Neal's mother does not like Georgie when she answers the phone.
She speaks with Neal's long-dead father.
Question 9
9.
What salvages Neal and Georgie's marriage? (from Chapters 35, 36, Before, and After)
Neal's understanding of her decision to focus on her career.
Neal's admission that he wants to work outside the home.
The fact that she came for Christmas after all.
Georgie telling Neal she will quit her job.
Question 10
10.
In what way is 1998 Neal on the phone different from 2013 in-person Neal? (from Chapters 16-20)
He is much more nervous Georgie will think he is silly.
He is much more anxious around Georgie.
He is much sillier in sharing stories about his life.
He is much more free in sharing his thoughts and feelings.