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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 18, Charles cannot see why he should not just jump forward in time, to when what is finished?
(a) His life.
(b) Time.
(c) The book.
(d) Ed's life.

2. 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.
(a) Chronogeometry.
(b) Chronoluminescence.
(c) Chronodiegetics.
(d) Chrononucleosis.

3. Charles had punished his father with silence for how long after his mother left the home?
(a) 9 days.
(b) 21 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 14 days.

4. Near Charles in the beginning of Chapter 20, he sees what familiar-seeming objects?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Computer parts.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Lamps.

5. 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) Achievement.
(c) Joy.
(d) Luck.

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 19, the TM-31 begins to vibrate and what shakes loose?
(a) A window.
(b) The ventilation system.
(c) A control panel.
(d) Part of the capsule's housing.

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

11. What term means to face in hostility or defiance; oppose?
(a) Instigate.
(b) Confront.
(c) Enrage.
(d) Agitate.

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

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

14. What first prototype time machine does Charles recall in Chapter 21?
(a) The XM-25 Time Travel Module.
(b) The TM-1000.
(c) The UTM-1.
(d) The Time Traveler 5500.

15. 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) May 1, 1989.
(d) June 27, 1983.

Short Answer Questions

1. The institution Charles and his father visit in Chapter 25 represents what to Charles's father?

2. What refers to knowledge of what is true or right coupled with just judgment as to action; sagacity, discernment, or insight?

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

4. 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?

5. In what year was the author Charles Yu born?

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