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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A book excerpt called "in the event you find yourself trapped in a time loop" gives the time loop victim advice, such as to look for the sequence of events in the loop, to accept blame for it, and to guard against entering what?
(a) Black holes.
(b) An alternate universe.
(c) Magnetic fields.
(d) Hostile planets.

2. A book excerpt, "reality, in relation to," says Universe 31 has a science fiction _____ wrapped around it.
(a) Aura.
(b) Substrate.
(c) Vibe.
(d) Atmosphere.

3. In the "Chronodiegetical Schematic" which opens the book, what is the subtitle for "B Series"?
(a) "Turbulent Theory of Time."
(b) "Traditional Theory of Time."
(c) "Tensed Theory of Time."
(d) "Tenseless Theory of Time."

4. Who is credited with the first quote in the book, which begins, "We are never intimately conscious of anything but a particular perception"?
(a) Luke Skywalker.
(b) Arthur Miller.
(c) David Hume.
(d) David Deutsch.

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

6. In Chapter 13, Charles reflects that he is a momma's boy who learned what from his mother?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Manners.
(c) Grammar.
(d) Sign language.

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

8. TM-31 is about the size of what?
(a) A small bus.
(b) A hotel shower.
(c) A jumbo jet.
(d) A pickup truck.

9. What is the name of Charles's time capsule's on-board computer?
(a) MARTHA.
(b) TAMMY.
(c) ED.
(d) ROBIN.

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

11. What is a suspension in air of words and images which Charles peers into on the subway in Chapter 11?
(a) A swarm of thought.
(b) A opinion slate.
(c) A thought fog.
(d) A news cloud.

12. What refers to an expression or a proposition, often algebraic, asserting the equality of two quantities?
(a) Hypothesis.
(b) Theorem.
(c) Equation.
(d) Vector.

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

14. The continuing loop in which Charles's mother relives lasts for how long in a hypothetical period of her life?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) 6 hours.
(c) 60 minutes.
(d) 2 hours.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is credited in the beginning of the book for the quote, "Everything we are is at every moment alive in us"?

4. What happened to the rest of the United States when Los Angeles and New York City merged, creating the capital city of Universe 31?

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

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