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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While the Time Traveler notices that the constellations are different in the night sky as he and Weena bed down in the forest, what is the one celestial feature that is seemingly unchanged?
(a) The North Star.
(b) The Aurora Borealis.
(c) The Big Dipper.
(d) The Milky Way.

2. What does the Time Traveler refer to when he says "wilderness of rotting paper"?
(a) The museum bookshop.
(b) The portrait gallery.
(c) The library.
(d) The forest exhibition.

3. In the forest in Chapter 7, whom does Wells describe as the "dainty ones"?
(a) The Eloi.
(b) Ancient humans.
(c) Giant butterflies.
(d) The Morlock.

4. What surprises the Time Traveler when he goes to the White Sphinx to finally reclaim his time machine?
(a) The Sphinx is now green.
(b) The Sphinx has been moved.
(c) The valve doors are open.
(d) The forest fire singed the doors.

5. Why does the Time Traveler keep the camphor he finds?
(a) Both of the above.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Its flammable properties.
(d) Its usefulness as a medicine.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, Wells describes the Eloi's "feeble prettiness," which is compared to which characteristics of the Morlocks?

2. What part of the flower does the Medical Man find odd?

3. What is the framework of the Palace of Green Porcelain made of?

4. What is happening to the Time Traveler's memory in Chapter 12, when he returns home?

5. What, according to the Time Traveler, must be "useless" if nature is appealing to intelligence?

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