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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Confront the past.
(c) See the truth.
(d) Lose everything.

2. What refers to change in the gene pool of a population from generation to generation by such processes as mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift?
(a) Evolution.
(b) Development.
(c) Breeding.
(d) Deformation.

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

4. 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) Just daydreaming.
(b) A skill required for survival.
(c) Counterproductive.
(d) An evolutionary trait.

5. 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 father.
(d) His cousin.

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

7. What does Charles find inside the box in Chapter 28?
(a) A Chrono-Adventurer Survival Kit.
(b) Spare parts for the time machine.
(c) A book.
(d) Money.

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

9. In Chapter 21, Charles looks from the capsule and sees what that appears to be what giant object?
(a) A tent.
(b) A rollercoaster.
(c) A car.
(d) An aquarium.

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

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

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

13. What is defined as a fact, occurrence, or circumstance observed or observable?
(a) Coincidence.
(b) Happening.
(c) Event.
(d) Phenomenon.

14. Charles's father makes the discovery that what can be a time machine in Chapter 24?
(a) Cars but not boats.
(b) Only wooden vessels.
(c) Only metal objects.
(d) Anything.

15. When Charles's father climbs into the time machine in Chapter 25, what happens?
(a) He disappears.
(b) A fire breaks out.
(c) It doesn't work.
(d) The sky opens.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In Chapter 16, Charles examines the book from the future, which is part autobiography and part what?

3. What refers to an estimation of probability; forecast?

4. Where does the groove in the side of the book open to in Chapter 28?

5. What refers to that having existed in, or having occurred during a time previous to the present?

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