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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 30, Charles realizes that in order to escape the time loop, he must do what?
(a) Get out of the time capsule.
(b) Not murder his future self.
(c) Reprogram TAMMY.
(d) Get rid of Ed.

2. Despite the fact that TAMMY and TOAD tell him it is a bad idea, Charles keys in the instructions to do what in Chapter 18?
(a) Write the table of contents.
(b) Turn to page 55.
(c) Start at the beginning.
(d) Turn to the last page.

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

4. Chapter 23 describes how the crash had the fortunate effect of eliminating the possibility of what?
(a) The time machine being used for evil.
(b) That two sets of themselves would then go forward in time.
(c) The prototype being mass produced.
(d) Being killed by their future selves.

5. What is on the smaller box inside the wrapped box from Charles's mother in Chapter 28?
(a) A drawing.
(b) Kind words.
(c) Wrapping paper.
(d) A keyhole.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Charles when the UTM-21 was developed?

2. What does Charles see Ed gnawing on in Chapter 28?

3. An excerpt titled "Wineberg-Takayma Radius" discusses the proposition that a universe must be no larger than a certain size if it is to produce what?

4. What refers to that which is concerned with abstract thought or subjects, as existence, causality, or truth?

5. The maiden voyage of the time machine in Chapter 22 is a technical failure because Charles and his father had not figured out what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is symbolized by Charles's father's second machine described in Chapter 26?

2. Against whose advice does Charles jump to the end of the book in Chapter 18? Why?

3. What does Charles discover in the book in Chapter 28?

4. How is Charles's book from the future metaphorical for memory?

5. What does Charles discover in the box from his mother in Chapter 28?

6. What does Charles discover using the key in Chapter 29?

7. What is the author's statement about contemporary life in Chapter 30? How is this symbolized?

8. What is described in the excerpt "residual objects in closed time-like curves"?

9. How is the theme of memory embodied in Chapter 16?

10. What is symbolized when Charles watches his mother's reaction in Chapter 23?

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