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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Chapter 20 opens with Charles standing in a temple before various statues of whom?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Poseidon.
(d) Buddha.

8. What does Charles do when the woman in Chapter 20 says she wants him to stay and be a part of her family?
(a) Jumps through the window.
(b) Yells at her.
(c) Runs for the door.
(d) Sits down.

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 father's ideal life.
(d) His private hell.

10. A book excerpt,"TM-31 calibration protocol," concludes that a time machine can only go where?
(a) Into the future.
(b) Into the past.
(c) Where it is programmed to go.
(d) Where the person wants it to go.

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

12. Who does Charles see after a bell sounds in Chapter 20?
(a) His cousin.
(b) The Woman My Mother Should Have Been.
(c) His father.
(d) Ed.

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

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

15. The maiden voyage of the time machine in Chapter 22 is a technical failure because Charles and his father had not figured out what?
(a) How to land the vehicle.
(b) How to control the vehicle.
(c) The rules of time travel.
(d) How to return to their starting point.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Appendix A, Charles is told to be angered by his father's explanation that he never intended to leave, but also be what?

2. What does Charles experience at the end of Chapter 19?

3. In Chapter 17, TAMMY analyzes the text and declares that it has been what?

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

5. In Chapter 20, the shuttle driver tells Charles to grow two hearts and do what?

(see the answer keys)

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