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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 11, after the TM-31 is put in a holding pattern because of traffic, the narrator leaves the capsule with who?
(a) A sexbot.
(b) A pilot bot.
(c) A repair bot.
(d) A friend bot.

2. The protagonist holds a hologram of what in his hands when he communicates with Phil?
(a) The earth.
(b) The time machine.
(c) The universe.
(d) Phil's head.

3. What customers want, Charles says, is to repeatedly experience the _____ moments of their lives repeatedly.
(a) Greatest.
(b) Worst.
(c) Most loving.
(d) Warmest.

4. The capital city of Universe 31 is how big in relation to the size of New York City?
(a) One-half.
(b) One-third.
(c) One-fifth.
(d) One-fourth.

5. An excerpt from the book, "page 101," says that who will write the book How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe?
(a) Charles.
(b) Marie.
(c) Phil.
(d) TAMMY.

Short Answer Questions

1. An excerpt from "How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe", called "size of," describes Universe 31 as being smaller than what?

2. What is the name of Charles's dog?

3. An excerpt, "convenience, particular sadness of," describes several services available in the city, including holograms of ex-girlfriends and what?

4. In Chapter 13, Charles reflects that he is a momma's boy who learned what from his mother?

5. What is on the lampshade pattern in Charles's memory with his father in the beginning of Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Chapter 3 begin? What is significant about time travel in this chapter?

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

3. What problem does the narrator discover with his ship in Chapter 10?

4. How does the author explore the genre of metafiction in the novel?

5. What is metaphorical about the narrator's visit to see his mother in Chapter 13?

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

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

8. What is the reality of the setting like in the novel? How does the author express the abstractions of the setting?

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

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

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