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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 17, TAMMY analyzes the text and declares that it has been what?
(a) Copied many times.
(b) Plagiarized.
(c) Written in pencil.
(d) Translated from Polish.

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

3. What does the woman in Chapter 20 tell Charles when he asks if his father is here?
(a) He won't return until Tuesday.
(b) He went away long ago.
(c) He should be back within an hour.
(d) Only in spirit.

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

5. Charles's father is how old at the start of Chapter 25?
(a) 61.
(b) 66.
(c) 49.
(d) 55.

Short Answer Questions

1. At Charles's request in Chapter 27, TAMMY calculates the probability of the occurrence discussed as once every how many years?

2. What is the title of Appendix A?

3. When Charles's father climbs into the time machine in Chapter 25, what happens?

4. In Chapter 25, Charles's father talks slowly about the invention, saying that the key is "the acquisition of" what?

5. What does Charles find inside the book by the page where the groove was in Chapter 28?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the director described in Chapter 25? What does Charles's father tell him?

2. What is metaphorical about Charles's and his father's discovery about time travel in Chapter 22?

3. What does Charles discover in the box from his mother in Chapter 28?

4. What discoveries does Charles make of his childhood in Chapter 21?

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

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

7. What discovery did Charles and his father make about time travel in Charles's memory in Chapter 22?

8. What is symbolized through the shuttle driver in Chapter 20?

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

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

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