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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 tells Charles to grow two hearts and do what?
(a) Cut one in half.
(b) Crush one of them.
(c) Keep the strongest.
(d) Merge them.

2. In Chapter 28, Charles removes the book from what?
(a) Ed.
(b) TAMMY.
(c) TOAD.
(d) Phil.

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

4. What refers to that which is concerned with abstract thought or subjects, as existence, causality, or truth?
(a) Psychological.
(b) Science.
(c) Metaphysical.
(d) Geological.

5. 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.

6. In Chapter 24, Charles concludes that what are perfect time machines?
(a) Planes.
(b) Cars.
(c) People.
(d) Horses.

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

8. The institution that Charles and his father are going to in Chapter 25 is an imposing building where?
(a) In the middle of the woods.
(b) Next to a river.
(c) In the center of a wide valley.
(d) On a hill above town.

9. What time does the clock show in the scene of the kitchen in Charles's boyhood home in Chapter 28?
(a) 1:46:55.
(b) 4:12:33.
(c) 11:12:13.
(d) 7:14:20.

10. Charles is how old at the start of Chapter 25?
(a) 12.
(b) 17.
(c) 11.
(d) 8.

11. Charles and his father's main discovery in Chapter 22 is that time travel does what?
(a) Is evil.
(b) Takes up time.
(c) Is instantaneous.
(d) Is too dangerous.

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

13. In Appendix A, Charles is told to be angered by his father's explanation that he never intended to leave, but also be what?
(a) Confused.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Loving.
(d) Regretful.

14. What refers to a plan, procedure, or expedient for promoting a desired end or result?
(a) Tactic.
(b) Obstacle.
(c) Action.
(d) Motivation.

15. 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) Get thrown in jail.
(b) Get fired.
(c) Shoot his future self.
(d) Buy another dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 21, Charles looks from the capsule and sees what that appears to be what giant object?

2. What does Charles find inside the book by the page where the groove was in Chapter 28?

3. Chapter 23 describes how the crash had the fortunate effect of eliminating the possibility of what?

4. In Chapter 19, the TM-31 begins to vibrate and what shakes loose?

5. Despite the fact that TAMMY and TOAD tell him it is a bad idea, Charles keys in the instructions to do what in Chapter 18?

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