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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. An excerpt called "residual objects in closed time-like curves" describes the hypothetical "Book from _____."
(a) Inner earth.
(b) Hollywood.
(c) Nowhere.
(d) Outer space.

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

3. How old was Charles when the UTM-21 was developed?
(a) 9.
(b) 18.
(c) 2.
(d) 16.

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

5. The institution Charles and his father visit in Chapter 25 represents what to Charles's father?
(a) A life with many regrets.
(b) A life full of achievement.
(c) The power of the human brain.
(d) The hallowed halls of scientific achievement.

Short Answer Questions

1. The morning after Charles and his father meet with the institute director, his father does what?

2. Charles thinks in Chapter 20 of how his mother always would ask for what in an utterly unembarrassed way?

3. What refers to an estimation of probability; forecast?

4. 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?

5. In Chapter 18, Charles wants to give up, but TAMMY says he must continue through what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Charles's father begins to demonstrate the machine in Chapter 25? What is his reaction?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Charles realize the setting represents in Chapter 20? What is his response to the setting?

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

9. Why much Charles refocus his efforts in Chapter 27?

10. What is symbolic about the scene in Chapter 25 with Charles and his father?

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