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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 28-31 and Appendix A.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to an array of data ordered such that individual items can be located with a single index or subscript?
(a) Equation.
(b) Hypothesis.
(c) Vector.
(d) Theorem.

2. What refers to change in the gene pool of a population from generation to generation by such processes as mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift?
(a) Breeding.
(b) Deformation.
(c) Development.
(d) Evolution.

3. The inhabitants of Universe 31 say it has a wide what, based on the concept of the place?
(a) Variety of life forms.
(b) Imagined space.
(c) Political focus.
(d) Psychological scale.

4. In what year was the author Charles Yu born?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1955.

5. In Chapter 19, the TM-31 begins to vibrate and what shakes loose?
(a) A control panel.
(b) Part of the capsule's housing.
(c) A window.
(d) The ventilation system.

Short Answer Questions

1. An excerpt titled, "capital city" says the capital of Universe 31 contains what percent of the universe's robot population?

2. In Chapter 20, Charles realizes that the shoes he had seen belonged to whom?

3. In Chapter 30, Charles asks TAMMY how long they were in the loop and she replies that time never moved forward after he shot himself, because he tried to skip forward in time and entered what?

4. A book excerpt,"TM-31 calibration protocol," concludes that a time machine can only go where?

5. Charles rescued his dog as he was about to drift into what?

(see the answer key)

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