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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 20, the shuttle driver gets up, slaps Charles, kisses him, and then does what?
(a) Pushes him out of the shuttle.
(b) Stomps on his foot.
(c) Punches him in the stomach.
(d) Shoots him in the head.

2. While reading the book from the future, Charles notices that the words do what in Chapter 17?
(a) Bring people together.
(b) Create differences among people.
(c) Adjust themselves as his eyes travel the pages.
(d) Carry hidden meanings.

3. Chapter 23 describes how the crash had the fortunate effect of eliminating the possibility of what?
(a) That two sets of themselves would then go forward in time.
(b) The prototype being mass produced.
(c) Being killed by their future selves.
(d) The time machine being used for evil.

4. What does TOAD stand for in the narrative?
(a) Technical Orbiting Achievement Device.
(b) Time Orienting Analysis Drone.
(c) Textual Object Analysis Device.
(d) Thought Orienting Achievement Drone.

5. What date does the wall calendar show in the scene of the kitchen in Charles's boyhood home in Chapter 28?
(a) April 14, 1986.
(b) January 7, 1985.
(c) June 27, 1983.
(d) May 1, 1989.

6. Charles and his father are on their way to show their time machine to the director of what institution in Chapter 25?
(a) The Institute of Space Time.
(b) The Institute of the Cosmos.
(c) The Institute of Conceptual Technology.
(d) The Time Traveler Institute.

7. Charles thinks in Chapter 20 of how his mother always would ask for what in an utterly unembarrassed way?
(a) Money.
(b) The truth.
(c) Love.
(d) The mail.

8. Who does Charles ask the shuttle driver to pick up in Chapter 20?
(a) Ed.
(b) Phil.
(c) His father.
(d) TAMMY.

9. Who does the shuttle driver turn out to be in Chapter 20?
(a) Phil.
(b) David Hume.
(c) Charles.
(d) The repair bot.

10. What does Charles experience at the end of Chapter 19?
(a) Suffocation.
(b) Death.
(c) Nothingness.
(d) Eternity.

11. How old is Charles in the memory of himself and his family in Chapter 23?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 14.

12. In Chapter 23, TAMMY begins to cry, but Ed does what which makes her laugh?
(a) Barks.
(b) Rolls over three times.
(c) Licks her.
(d) Breaks wind.

13. In Chapter 30, the book shows that time experienced by a time traveler is different from time measured by whom?
(a) Children.
(b) The internet.
(c) Watch makers.
(d) Those not time-traveling.

14. What is on the smaller box inside the wrapped box from Charles's mother in Chapter 28?
(a) Wrapping paper.
(b) A drawing.
(c) A keyhole.
(d) Kind words.

15. In Chapter 24, Charles gets a call from whom, but TAMMY tells him not to take it because he is stuck in a time loop?
(a) His mother.
(b) Phil.
(c) His cousin.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is defined as a fact, occurrence, or circumstance observed or observable?

2. What does Charles find inside the box in Chapter 28?

3. What does the woman in Chapter 20 tell Charles when he asks if his father is here?

4. What does Charles see Ed gnawing on in Chapter 28?

5. What does Charles knock over in his attempt to escape in Chapter 20?

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