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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 15, Phil tells Charles to return to headquarters and they will go out together for what?
(a) A beer.
(b) A movie.
(c) A steak.
(d) A baseball game.

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

3. Charles advises that if a person ever sees himself emerging from a time machine, he should do what?
(a) Cry.
(b) Scold himself.
(c) Shoot himself.
(d) Run from himself.

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

5. Charles works as an affiliate contractor for what company?
(a) Wells Fargo Time.
(b) Time Warner Time.
(c) Microsoft Time Corporation.
(d) Time by Sony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator claim hurts him in Chapter 1?

2. In Chapter 14, Charles pulls his gun and shoots his future self just as the victim is telling him that everything is what?

3. What is defined as occurring when a time traveler stops remembering in order to keep going?

4. What do Charles and Ed go to eat in the capital city in Chapter 11?

5. By what name does Charles also refer to as The Women I Never Married?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator describe his mother in Chapter 3? What time period is she reliving?

2. What leads to Charles's outburst in Chapter 15? What does he discover on the ship?

3. What has caused the problem with the narrator's ship in Chapter 10? What is symbolic about this?

4. What does the narrator advise to the client in Chapter 8? What is his assessment of his clients' desires?

5. What does the narrator say his mother taught him in Chapter 13? What is significant about this?

6. What does the theme park in Loop City symbolize?

7. How does the narrator relate to TAMMY? What is her character like?

8. What robotic services are described in the excerpt "convenience, particular sadness of"?

9. What symbolism and foreshadowing can be seen as the narrator arrives in Loop City in Chapter 10?

10. How is nostalgia defined in the excerpt "nostalgia, underlying cosmological explanation for"?

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