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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 20, Charles realizes that the shoes he had seen belonged to whom?
(a) His mother.
(b) Himself.
(c) Linus Skywalker.
(d) His father.

2. When Charles's father climbs into the time machine in Chapter 25, what happens?
(a) He disappears.
(b) The sky opens.
(c) It doesn't work.
(d) A fire breaks out.

3. What refers to that having existed in, or having occurred during a time previous to the present?
(a) Memory.
(b) Past.
(c) Ancient.
(d) Beforehand.

4. Chapter 22 describes the first time-travel trip taken by Charles and his father which lasted how long?
(a) Five minutes.
(b) Seven minutes.
(c) Five seconds.
(d) Less than a minute.

5. In what year was the author Charles Yu born?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1955.

Short Answer Questions

1. An excerpt called "decoherence and wave function collapse" says that a unified theory of chronodiegetics would combine the forces of regret, counterfactual elements and what?

2. An excerpt called "residual objects in closed time-like curves" describes the hypothetical "Book from _____."

3. In Chapter 27, Charles asks TAMMY to calculate the odds of what?

4. What does the woman in Chapter 20 tell Charles when he asks if his father is here?

5. What does Charles do when the woman in Chapter 20 says she wants him to stay and be a part of her family?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is metaphorical about Charles's discoveries in Chapter 28?

3. What is symbolized by Charles's experience of nothingness in Chapter 19?

4. Why is the setting of Chapters 20 and 21 important?

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

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

7. How are self-reflection and self improvement symbolized in Chapter 21?

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

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

10. How does Charles describe his frame of mind in Chapters 20 and 21?

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