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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is credited in the beginning of the book for the quote, "Everything we are is at every moment alive in us"?
(a) David Hume.
(b) Luke Skywalker.
(c) Arthur Miller.
(d) David Deutsch.

3. What does Charles's mother complain about when she speaks to him in Chapter 13?
(a) She feels old.
(b) He calls too seldom.
(c) Her time loop has grown boring.
(d) He needs a haircut.

4. What occupation does Charles have in the narrative?
(a) Astrophysicist.
(b) Meteorologist.
(c) Time machine repairman.
(d) Spaceship Captain.

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.

6. Charles works as an affiliate contractor for what company?
(a) Time Warner Time.
(b) Time by Sony.
(c) Microsoft Time Corporation.
(d) Wells Fargo Time.

7. Whose face does the narrator claim he sees his own turning into in the mirror in Chapter 1?
(a) His father's.
(b) His mother's.
(c) Aurthur Miller's.
(d) His brother's.

8. 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) Adult movies.
(b) Candy machines.
(c) Sexbots.
(d) Animal prostitutes.

9. Before landing in Chapter 10, Charles sees a man who resembles himself, and he can see that the man's life is made entirely of what?
(a) Love.
(b) Lies.
(c) Time.
(d) Happiness.

10. The capital city of Universe 31 is how big in relation to the size of New York City?
(a) One-fourth.
(b) One-third.
(c) One-half.
(d) One-fifth.

11. What refers to an array of data ordered such that individual items can be located with a single index or subscript?
(a) Equation.
(b) Theorem.
(c) Vector.
(d) Hypothesis.

12. As his mother's time loop ends, what does Charles do to snap her out of it in Chapter 13?
(a) Taps on the window.
(b) Stomps his foot.
(c) Uses a computer to stop the loop.
(d) Yells at her.

13. What statement follows "When it happens, this is what happens" in the opening of the book?
(a) "I forget myself."
(b) "I love myself."
(c) "I shoot myself."
(d) "I hate myself."

14. What is the name of the capital city of Universe 31?
(a) Space Hub Miami.
(b) San Francisco 4.
(c) New Angeles City/Old Mexico City.
(d) New Los Angeles/Lost Tokyo-2.

15. In Chapter 14, Charles awakens late and rushes where to get his repaired capsule?
(a) Hangetr35.
(b) Hanger 7.
(c) Hanger 83.
(d) Hanger 57.

Short Answer Questions

1. The inhabitants of Universe 31 say it has a wide what, based on the concept of the place?

2. Charles misused what device by cruising too often in Present Indefinite in Chapter 10?

3. In Chapter 9, Charles says time is a machine for converting pain into what that cannot be changed?

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

5. The protagonist holds a hologram of what in his hands when he communicates with Phil?

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