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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Charles's dog?
(a) Marie.
(b) Phil.
(c) Ed.
(d) Tammy.

2. About what age is Charles in the narrative?
(a) 14.
(b) 20.
(c) 24.
(d) 31.

3. Charles's mother gives him a wrapped box from where in Chapter 13?
(a) The garage.
(b) The attic.
(c) His closet.
(d) The kitchen.

4. What does the narrator claim hurts him in Chapter 1?
(a) His elbow.
(b) His ear.
(c) His gums.
(d) His foot.

5. What is the most common nickname of the capital city of Universe 31?
(a) Flat City.
(b) City of Rain.
(c) Loop City.
(d) City of Light.

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

7. What occupation did Charles's father have?
(a) Movie star.
(b) Dentist.
(c) Writer.
(d) Engineer.

8. Who is not sure the capsule will make it back safely to headquarters in Chapter 10?
(a) TAMMY.
(b) Phil.
(c) Marie.
(d) Charles's father.

9. In Chapter 13, the narrator is hit with the realization that he has let a decade slip away, but he doesn't feel like what?
(a) Achieving anything.
(b) Justifying it.
(c) Wasting any more time.
(d) Catching up with anyone.

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

11. A book excerpt, "reality, in relation to," says Universe 31 has a science fiction _____ wrapped around it.
(a) Aura.
(b) Substrate.
(c) Atmosphere.
(d) Vibe.

12. What refers to a rule or law, especially one expressed by an equation or formula?
(a) Hypothesis.
(b) Theorem.
(c) Vector.
(d) Equation.

13. What is the name of the capital city of Universe 31?
(a) New Los Angeles/Lost Tokyo-2.
(b) San Francisco 4.
(c) Space Hub Miami.
(d) New Angeles City/Old Mexico City.

14. The capital city of Universe 31 is how big in relation to the size of New York City?
(a) One-half.
(b) One-fifth.
(c) One-third.
(d) One-fourth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to the original or model on which something is based or formed?

2. Charles advises that if a person ever sees himself emerging from a time machine, he should do what?

3. What occupation does Charles have in the narrative?

4. 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?

5. How does Charles enter his family's home in Chapter 13?

(see the answer keys)

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