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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 3 begins with the protagonist thinking about his father reading a storybook to him when he was what age?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

2. Specifically, Charles's occupational title is "certified network technician" for what devices?
(a) R-type personal time machines.
(b) T-Class personal-use chronogrammatical vehicles.
(c) Q-724 Skywalkers.
(d) F-grade family time transporters.

3. Phil is described by the narrator as easygoing, but he thinks he's what?
(a) Doomed.
(b) A woman on the inside.
(c) Worthless.
(d) A real person.

4. Chapter 14 begins with a repeat of the warning that when "it" happens, Charles does what?
(a) Destroys his time machine.
(b) Becomes famous.
(c) Loses his job.
(d) Shoots his future self.

5. Charles stays in shape in his machine by lifting what as a weight?
(a) A water jug.
(b) Spare parts.
(c) His toolbox.
(d) His dog.

6. What is defined as occurring when a time traveler stops remembering in order to keep going?
(a) A loop in time.
(b) A lapse in time.
(c) A loss of time.
(d) A break in time.

7. Phil warns Charles that his time machine is overdue for what in Chapter 7?
(a) A wash.
(b) A software upgrade.
(c) A maintenance check.
(d) Emptying the sewage tank.

8. An excerpt titled, "capital city" says the capital of Universe 31 contains what percent of the universe's robot population?
(a) 58.
(b) 21.
(c) 35.
(d) 87.

9. A book excerpt, "reality, in relation to," says Universe 31 is what percent reality at the core?
(a) 17.
(b) 44.
(c) 5.
(d) 65.

10. In Chapter 12, the narrator remembers being driven home from the park at what age by his father?
(a) 5.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

11. What happened to the rest of the United States when Los Angeles and New York City merged, creating the capital city of Universe 31?
(a) It merged with Chicago.
(b) It was demolished.
(c) It became a different country.
(d) It was swallowed.

12. What do Charles and Ed go to eat in the capital city in Chapter 11?
(a) Salmon fillets.
(b) Cheeseburgers.
(c) Pizza.
(d) Hot dogs.

13. What does Charles's mother complain about when she speaks to him in Chapter 13?
(a) Her time loop has grown boring.
(b) He needs a haircut.
(c) He calls too seldom.
(d) She feels old.

14. Who is credited in the beginning of the book for the quote, "Everything we are is at every moment alive in us"?
(a) David Hume.
(b) David Deutsch.
(c) Luke Skywalker.
(d) Arthur Miller.

15. What is on the lampshade pattern in Charles's memory with his father in the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Time machines and stars.
(b) Moons an planets.
(c) Robots and spaceships.
(d) Dogs and cats.

Short Answer Questions

1. An excerpt from the book, "page 101," says that who will write the book How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe?

2. In Chapter 14, Charles awakens late and rushes where to get his repaired capsule?

3. In Chapter 8, Charles tells the client she has used her time machine to go into an alternate past where she was present when who was dying?

4. In Charles' memory in Chapter 12, his father talks to him as his mind wanders to an advertisement he saw in a comic book for what?

5. Charles and Ed watch buskers playing what kind of music in Chapter 11?

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