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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 10, the narrator realizes he must return to corporate HQ for what reason?
(a) Maintenance on his vehicle.
(b) To attend a meeting.
(c) Additional training.
(d) A promotion ceremony.

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

3. What do Charles and Ed go to eat in the capital city in Chapter 11?
(a) Salmon fillets.
(b) Pizza.
(c) Hot dogs.
(d) Cheeseburgers.

4. An excerpt titled, "capital city" says the capital of Universe 31 contains what percent of the universe's robot population?
(a) 87.
(b) 35.
(c) 58.
(d) 21.

5. The protagonist holds a hologram of what in his hands when he communicates with Phil?
(a) The earth.
(b) Phil's head.
(c) The time machine.
(d) The universe.

6. In Chapter 8, Charles makes a call to a client where?
(a) Phoenix.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Portland.
(d) Oakland.

7. On the way home in Chapter 13, Charles gives five dollars to who?
(a) A sexbot.
(b) The repair bot.
(c) Phil.
(d) His cousin.

8. In Chapter 8, Charles tells the client she has used her time machine to go into an alternate past where she was present when who was dying?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her grandfather.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her mother.

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

10. About what age is Charles in the narrative?
(a) 20.
(b) 14.
(c) 24.
(d) 31.

11. What refers to the original or model on which something is based or formed?
(a) Patent.
(b) Rough draft.
(c) Prototype.
(d) Schematic.

12. Chapter 3 begins with the protagonist thinking about his father reading a storybook to him when he was what age?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

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

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

15. What is defined as occurring when a time traveler stops remembering in order to keep going?
(a) A loss of time.
(b) A break in time.
(c) A loop in time.
(d) A lapse in time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to an array of data ordered such that individual items can be located with a single index or subscript?

2. In Chapter 13, Charles reflects that he is a momma's boy who learned what from his mother?

3. What does Charles see interacting with his mother when he visits his family's home in Chapter 13?

4. In the "Chronodiegetical Schematic" which opens the book, what is the subtitle for "A Series"?

5. What is the name of Charles's dog?

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