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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At Charles's request in Chapter 27, TAMMY calculates the probability of the occurrence discussed as once every how many years?
(a) 29.7.
(b) 78.3.
(c) 66.2.
(d) 42.4.

2. In what year was the author Charles Yu born?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1955.

3. The excerpt "theorems, miscellaneous" contains only the statement that sooner or later, a time will come when the next day, a person will what?
(a) Wither away.
(b) Lose everything.
(c) Confront the past.
(d) See the truth.

4. What does Charles find inside the envelope in Chapter 28?
(a) A photograph.
(b) A letter.
(c) A coin.
(d) A key.

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

6. In Chapter 27, Charles's capsule is running out of fuel, and they must soon return to headquarters where Charles knows he will do what?
(a) Buy another dog.
(b) Get fired.
(c) Get thrown in jail.
(d) Shoot his future self.

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

8. Charles's father's theory described in Chapter 25 is that humans can tell they are in the present and are not simply remembering a past event because it is what?
(a) A skill required for survival.
(b) Counterproductive.
(c) An evolutionary trait.
(d) Just daydreaming.

9. Charles realizes in Chapter 20 that the room he is in is a construct of what?
(a) His perfect world.
(b) A world without change.
(c) His private hell.
(d) His father's ideal life.

10. An excerpt called "residual objects in closed time-like curves" describes the hypothetical "Book from _____."
(a) Nowhere.
(b) Inner earth.
(c) Outer space.
(d) Hollywood.

11. Chapter 22 describes the first time-travel trip taken by Charles and his father which lasted how long?
(a) Seven minutes.
(b) Five minutes.
(c) Five seconds.
(d) Less than a minute.

12. What is the title of Appendix A?
(a) "HOW TO LIVE SAFELY IN A SCIENCE FICTIONAL UNIVERSE."
(b) "THE MISPROGRAMMING OF TAMMY."
(c) "THE DANGERS OF TIME TRAVEL."
(d) "ESCAPING A TIME LOOP."

13. In Chapter 30, Charles realizes that in order to escape the time loop, he must do what?
(a) Reprogram TAMMY.
(b) Get out of the time capsule.
(c) Not murder his future self.
(d) Get rid of Ed.

14. In Appendix A, Charles is told he should get into the capsule with his father and return to whom?
(a) His mother.
(b) His cousin.
(c) The institute director.
(d) Phil.

15. 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) Luck.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Joy.
(d) Achievement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does TOAD stand for in the narrative?

2. What first prototype time machine does Charles recall in Chapter 21?

3. The excerpt "conjectures, currently unproven but believed to be true" posits that a moment has measurable substance, there are fine numbers of moments, there is no global time, and ______ is a theory of regret and limitations.

4. While reading the book from the future, Charles notices that the words do what in Chapter 17?

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

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