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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue through 24 April, 1905.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, why do "cursed citizens wrestle with their bedsheets"?
(a) Because their lives are in shambles.
(b) Because they feel torn by time.
(c) Because they have sinned.
(d) Because their mistakes will be repeated.

2. What do travelers from the future envy?
(a) People who live in their own time.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Vocalization.
(d) Sleep.

3. According to the narrator, what do people who have been transported back in time wear?
(a) Bright, illuminating clothing.
(b) Dark, indistinct clothing.
(c) Tatters of clothes.
(d) Nothing; their clothing does not transfer to other time periods.

4. According to the narrator, what do parents treasure given they think they may not witness it again?
(a) Their child's first smile.
(b) Their child's first laugh.
(c) Their child's first cry.
(d) Their child's first words.

5. What is the man on the fourth floor balcony looking down at?
(a) A dog looking for food.
(b) A blue coat.
(c) A child playing in the street.
(d) A red hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many pages is the young man's theory of time?

2. What is time compared to in the "16 April 1905" dream?

3. Where is the young man's theory of time to be mailed?

4. In the Prologue, how many times does the clock tower chime?

5. According to the dream on "24 April 1905," what happens when the two "times" meet?

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