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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 25, Charles's father talks slowly about the invention, saying that the key is "the acquisition of" what?
(a) "Tensed information."
(b) "Space time."
(c) "Dark matter."
(d) "A flux capacitor."

2. In Chapter 20, Charles realizes that the shoes he had seen belonged to whom?
(a) His mother.
(b) Himself.
(c) Linus Skywalker.
(d) His father.

3. What refers to the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.?
(a) Edge.
(b) Limit.
(c) Apex.
(d) Territory.

4. An excerpt called "decoherence and wave function collapse" says that a unified theory of chronodiegetics would combine the forces of regret, counterfactual elements and what?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Luck.
(c) Achievement.
(d) Joy.

5. The institution Charles and his father visit in Chapter 25 represents what to Charles's father?
(a) The power of the human brain.
(b) The hallowed halls of scientific achievement.
(c) A life with many regrets.
(d) A life full of achievement.

6. In Chapter 16, Charles examines the book from the future, which is part autobiography and part what?
(a) Comedy.
(b) Daydream.
(c) Field manual.
(d) Movie script.

7. What refers to logical interconnection; overall sense or understandability?
(a) Coherence.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Sobriety.
(d) Common sense.

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

9. In Chapter 24, Charles's father says the equations indicate their machine is doing what?
(a) Producing radiation.
(b) Miscalculating time.
(c) Colliding with other figures.
(d) Wasting energy.

10. In Chapter 20, Charles falls screaming into an abyss, and then someone says he is in what?
(a) Stagnant time.
(b) A time transfer system.
(c) A wormhole.
(d) A nebula.

11. What refers to an estimation of probability; forecast?
(a) Odds.
(b) Calculation.
(c) Prediction.
(d) Horoscope.

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

13. In Chapter 17, TAMMY analyzes the text and declares that it has been what?
(a) Written in pencil.
(b) Plagiarized.
(c) Translated from Polish.
(d) Copied many times.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Charles's father makes the discovery that what can be a time machine in Chapter 24?

2. Chapter 22 describes the first time-travel trip taken by Charles and his father in a machine they built where?

3. In Chapter 27, Charles asks TAMMY to calculate the odds of what?

4. In Chapter 23, TAMMY begins to cry, but Ed does what which makes her laugh?

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

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