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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 24, Charles's father says the equations indicate their machine is doing what?
(a) Colliding with other figures.
(b) Producing radiation.
(c) Miscalculating time.
(d) Wasting energy.

2. Where does the groove in the side of the book open to in Chapter 28?
(a) Page 201.
(b) Page 156.
(c) Page 43.
(d) Page 325.

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

4. In Chapter 20, Charles realizes that the shoes he had seen belonged to whom?
(a) His father.
(b) Himself.
(c) His mother.
(d) Linus Skywalker.

5. A book excerpt,"TM-31 calibration protocol," describes the calibration process as putting sensors on one's fingertips and waiting for how long?
(a) 35 seconds.
(b) 15 seconds.
(c) 43 seconds.
(d) 85 seconds.

6. It occurs to Charles in Chapter 20 that desire is what?
(a) Suffering.
(b) Motivation.
(c) Bliss.
(d) Futile.

7. In Chapter 30, the book shows that time experienced by a time traveler is different from time measured by whom?
(a) Those not time-traveling.
(b) Watch makers.
(c) Children.
(d) The internet.

8. The morning after Charles and his father meet with the institute director, his father does what?
(a) Works on the time machine.
(b) Destroys the time machine.
(c) Buys him breakfast.
(d) Drives away and does not return all day.

9. The excerpt "theorems, miscellaneous" contains only the statement that sooner or later, a time will come when the next day, a person will what?
(a) Lose everything.
(b) Wither away.
(c) See the truth.
(d) Confront the past.

10. In Chapter 16, Charles examines the book from the future, which is part autobiography and part what?
(a) Movie script.
(b) Field manual.
(c) Daydream.
(d) Comedy.

11. What is defined as a fact, occurrence, or circumstance observed or observable?
(a) Happening.
(b) Coincidence.
(c) Phenomenon.
(d) Event.

12. What first prototype time machine does Charles recall in Chapter 21?
(a) The XM-25 Time Travel Module.
(b) The Time Traveler 5500.
(c) The TM-1000.
(d) The UTM-1.

13. What refers to the illusion of having previously experienced something actually being encountered for the first time?
(a) Fond memory.
(b) Psychic moment.
(c) Carbon copy.
(d) Deja vu.

14. What does the woman in Chapter 20 tell Charles when he asks if his father is here?
(a) Only in spirit.
(b) He should be back within an hour.
(c) He went away long ago.
(d) He won't return until Tuesday.

15. How old is Charles when he hears his father working in the garage on something more powerful than a mere time machine in Chapter 26?
(a) 20.
(b) 17.
(c) 25.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 27, Charles's capsule is running out of fuel, and they must soon return to headquarters where Charles knows he will do what?

2. In Chapter 17, TAMMY analyzes the text and declares that it has been what?

3. What refers to that having existed in, or having occurred during a time previous to the present?

4. How old is Charles in the memory of himself and his family in Chapter 23?

5. What date does the wall calendar show in the scene of the kitchen in Charles's boyhood home in Chapter 28?

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