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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, Charles claims to have had a one-night stand with a human-like creature once, but he has even given up coin-operated ____ because they're not much fun.
(a) Candy machines.
(b) Sexbots.
(c) Animal prostitutes.
(d) Adult movies.

2. What refers to an estimation of probability; forecast?
(a) Horoscope.
(b) Calculation.
(c) Odds.
(d) Prediction.

3. An excerpt titled "Wineberg-Takayma Radius" discusses the proposition that a universe must be no larger than a certain size if it is to produce what?
(a) A pure energy.
(b) Light.
(c) A coherent, sustainable narration.
(d) Gravity.

4. Chapter 14 begins with a repeat of the warning that when "it" happens, Charles does what?
(a) Shoots his future self.
(b) Destroys his time machine.
(c) Becomes famous.
(d) Loses his job.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Chapter 22 describes the first time-travel trip taken by Charles and his father in a machine they built where?

3. What does Charles's mother complain about when she speaks to him in Chapter 13?

4. Chapter 22 describes the first time-travel trip taken by Charles and his father which lasted how long?

5. What is defined as occurring when a time traveler stops remembering in order to keep going?

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