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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what day of the week did the guests come for dinner?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Saturday.

2. What are the Eloi's tables made of?
(a) Wood.
(b) Polished stone.
(c) Quartz crystals.
(d) Formica.

3. Why does the Time Traveler think that it was not the Eloi who moved the time machine?
(a) He thinks they are too weak.
(b) He thinks they were busy eating.
(c) He thinks that the Sphinx came alive and swallowed it.
(d) He thinks that one of the Eloi has traveled back in time with it.

4. What color is the animal the Time Traveler sees in the night on the way to look for his missing time machine?
(a) White.
(b) Green.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

5. What do the Eloi offer the Time Traveler when he intimates that he did in fact come out of the thunderstorm?
(a) Nuts.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Berries.

6. How did he find out her name was Weena?
(a) He read her mail.
(b) She told him.
(c) He saw her identification card.
(d) Another Eloi told him.

7. What year does the Time Traveler estimate he has traveled to before he actually reports what exact year the machine recorded?
(a) 8049.
(b) 2194.
(c) 802000.
(d) 804000.

8. What is the "trick" the Medical Man says the Time Traveler showed them last Christmas?
(a) A ghost.
(b) A spaceship.
(c) An alien autopsy.
(d) A disappearing rabbit.

9. Why is the Time Traveler worried about stopping?
(a) He fears he might fall off the machine.
(b) He fears he might damage the time machine and be stuck in the future.
(c) He fears he might hurt a passerby.
(d) He fears he might hit something.

10. What is the texture of the Eloi's hair?
(a) Fine.
(b) Braided.
(c) Straight.
(d) Curly.

11. Why does the Time Traveler claim not to be afraid of the first Eloi he meets, even though they are touching him?
(a) He can understand their language and that they say they mean him no harm.
(b) They look so frail he thinks he could dispatch several at once.
(c) He has superior weapons, so is not worred.
(d) The Eloi give him welcoming gifts.

12. What sound does the Time Traveler hear from deep within the shaft?
(a) Machinery.
(b) Subway/Underground train.
(c) Screams.
(d) Heavy-metal music.

13. What is the first thing the Time Traveler drinks at the second dinner?
(a) Beer.
(b) Water.
(c) Scotch.
(d) Champagne.

14. How does the Time Traveler describe the feeling of the Eloi touching him?
(a) As weird little tickles.
(b) As soft little tentacles.
(c) As disgusting little claws.
(d) As strange little hooks.

15. Under which social or political system does it appear the Eloi are living, to the Time Traveler?
(a) Oligarchy.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Anarchy
(d) Communism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the adjectives Wells uses to describe the language of the Eloi?

2. What does the Time Traveler smell in the air when he descends into where the Morlocks live?

3. Which of the characters says that he has never heard of the Fourth Dimension?

4. What color are the Time Traveler's eyes?

5. Which battle does the Psychologist mention, when the men speak of traveling in history to see past battles?

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