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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The protagonist holds a hologram of what in his hands when he communicates with Phil?
(a) The time machine.
(b) The earth.
(c) The universe.
(d) Phil's head.

2. In Chapter 15, Phil tells Charles to return to headquarters and they will go out together for what?
(a) A steak.
(b) A beer.
(c) A movie.
(d) A baseball game.

3. The continuing loop in which Charles's mother relives is of what?
(a) A Sunday dinner.
(b) Giving birth to Charles.
(c) Watching her favorite movie.
(d) Her wedding day.

4. In Chapter 9, the narrator notes that he has been in his time capsule for about how long?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 19 years.

5. In what person is the book written?
(a) Second.
(b) First.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Third.

Short Answer Questions

1. Charles describes standing at the center of Loop City as like being a character within what?

2. What is the name of Charles's time machine?

3. Specifically, Charles's occupational title is "certified network technician" for what devices?

4. What happened to the rest of the United States when Los Angeles and New York City merged, creating the capital city of Universe 31?

5. In Chapter 13, the narrator is hit with the realization that he has let a decade slip away, but he doesn't feel like what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator describe his mother in Chapter 3? What time period is she reliving?

2. How is the narrator's existence metaphorical for contemporary society?

3. What is revealed about Universe 31 in the excerpt "reality, in relation to"?

4. How does Chapter 3 begin? What is significant about time travel in this chapter?

5. Why is TAMMY crying in Chapter 2?

6. What leads to Charles's outburst in Chapter 15? What does he discover on the ship?

7. What is the reality of the setting like in the novel? How does the author express the abstractions of the setting?

8. How are the setting and protagonist of the novel described in Chapter 1?

9. Where is client the narrator contacts in Chapter 8? What did she use her time machine for?

10. What is described in the excerpt "unfinished nature of"?

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