The Dressen Family
What is Jason Dessen's wife's name?
Daniela
What is the name of the company that created the Box?
Velocity Laboratories
What is different about Jason's life when he wakes up in the other world?
He is a famous scientist instead of a physics professor with a family.
Where does Jason go when he leaves his original home at the beginning of the story?
He is taken to another version of Chicago.
Where is Jason when he is abducted at the beginning of the novel?
On his way home after meeting Ryan at a bar.
What is the name of Jason and Daniela's son?
Charlie
What is the mysterious device that allows Jason to travel between alternate realities?
The Box
Why did Jason2 leave Daniela?
He wanted to focus on his scientific research.
What makes Jason realize that the house he enters is not his home?
The house is different, and there is no sign of Daniela and Charlie. He also finds evidence that another Jason lives there.
What award did Ryan Holder win?
The Pavia Prize.
What does Jason do for a living?
He teaches physics at Lakemont College.
What does the Many-Worlds theory say?
It says that all possible realities exist in different universes.
Why does Jason2 kidnap Jason?
He wants Jason's life with Daniela and Charlie.
Why does Jason first think he might have a brain tumor?
Because he cannot explain why his house, his life, and the people around him seem completely different.
What does Jason find that shows him that his alternate self is a famous scientist?
A Pavia Prize certificate with his own name on it.
What career did Daniela want before she had Charlie?
She wanted to become a successful artist.
What does Jason learn about the Box that makes returning home difficult?What does the Many-Worlds theory say?
He cannot simply choose a world with his mind. His emotions, memories, desires, and thoughts affect which world he reaches.
What does Jason discover about the other versions of himself?
There are many different Jasons, and they can make similar choices but have very different lives.
Why does Jason have trouble finding his original world?
Because there are countless similar worlds, and his own emotions and memories affect which world he reaches through the Box.
What does Jason find missing from his body after his kidnapping?
His wedding ring.
What does Jason realize about his idea that choosing his family stopped him from becoming a successful scientist?
Many versions of Jason chose a life without Daniela and Charlie, but they did not all become successful scientists or invent the Box.
Why is the Box connected to Jason's emotions?
Because his thoughts, memories, desires, and emotions help determine which reality he enters.
Why doesn't Jason2's life prove that choosing a career over a family was the better choice?
Because Jason2's success was only one possible result. Many other Jasons made the same choice but did not become successful or invent the Box.
Why is the world Jason enters after remembering his first meeting with Daniela so important?
Because the memory of Daniela acts as an emotional anchor that allows him to finally locate his home reality.
Why do several Jasons eventually want to kill Jason2?
They all want Daniela and Charlie, and they realize that only one of them can have that life.