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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 22-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 9, the narrator notes that he has been in his time capsule for about how long?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 19 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 3 years.

2. Charles describes his job as part of what industry in Chapter 8?
(a) "The terrible memories industry."
(b) "The self-consciousness industry."
(c) "The what went wrong industry."
(d) "The pain and crying industry."

3. Phil warns Charles that his time machine is overdue for what in Chapter 7?
(a) A software upgrade.
(b) A wash.
(c) A maintenance check.
(d) Emptying the sewage tank.

4. In Chapter 24, Charles gets a call from whom, but TAMMY tells him not to take it because he is stuck in a time loop?
(a) His mother.
(b) His cousin.
(c) Phil.
(d) His father.

5. A book excerpt, "nostalgia, underlying cosmological explanation for," describes what as the human feeling of missing a familiar place never visited or fruitlessly longing to be another version of oneself?
(a) Nostalgia.
(b) Memories.
(c) Regret.
(d) Imagination.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 14 begins with a repeat of the warning that when "it" happens, Charles does what?

2. Charles's mother gives him a wrapped box from where in Chapter 13?

3. In Chapter 24, Charles's father says the equations indicate their machine is doing what?

4. In Chapter 9, the narrator returns in memory to his youth, when he watched his father make sketches of what?

5. Phil, a middle-manager and Charles's supervisor at headquarters, is also what?

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