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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Charles misused what device by cruising too often in Present Indefinite in Chapter 10?
(a) The Lazy Admiral.
(b) The Drowsy Pilot.
(c) The Distracted Captain.
(d) The Tense Operator.

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

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

7. An excerpt from the book, "page 101," says that who will write the book How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe?
(a) Marie.
(b) Phil.
(c) Charles.
(d) TAMMY.

8. Charles believes the present and chronology are overrated because most people who move ahead in time are always doing what?
(a) Checking the calendar.
(b) Regretting their past.
(c) Looking back.
(d) Dreaming.

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

10. In Chapter 12, the narrator remembers being driven home from the park at what age by his father?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 5.
(d) 14.

11. How does Charles enter his family's home in Chapter 13?
(a) Through an open window.
(b) By the fire escape.
(c) Through the chimney.
(d) Through an unlocked door.

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

13. 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) Regret.
(c) Imagination.
(d) Memories.

14. What customers want, Charles says, is to repeatedly experience the _____ moments of their lives repeatedly.
(a) Greatest.
(b) Warmest.
(c) Worst.
(d) Most loving.

15. In Chapter 4, the protagonist says Universe 31 can be what at night when it is aglow and everyone is awake?
(a) Thought-provoking.
(b) Claustrophobic.
(c) Violent.
(d) Amazing.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. On the way home in Chapter 13, Charles gives five dollars to who?

4. Who is credited with the first quote in the book, which begins, "We are never intimately conscious of anything but a particular perception"?

5. In Chapter 8, Charles makes a call to a client located in what time period?

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