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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. Charles's mother gives him a wrapped box from where in Chapter 13?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) His closet.
(c) The garage.
(d) The attic.

2. What happened to the rest of the United States when Los Angeles and New York City merged, creating the capital city of Universe 31?
(a) It became a different country.
(b) It was demolished.
(c) It merged with Chicago.
(d) It was swallowed.

3. What does the narrator claim hurts him in Chapter 1?
(a) His gums.
(b) His elbow.
(c) His foot.
(d) His ear.

4. What statement follows "When it happens, this is what happens" in the opening of the book?
(a) "I forget myself."
(b) "I shoot myself."
(c) "I love myself."
(d) "I hate myself."

5. In Chapter 9, the narrator returns in memory to his youth, when he watched his father make sketches of what?
(a) Airplanes.
(b) Alternate universes.
(c) Various animals.
(d) Landscapes.

Short Answer Questions

1. The continuing loop in which Charles's mother relives lasts for how long in a hypothetical period of her life?

2. In Chapter 15, where is Charles feeling throbbing pain?

3. What refers to a rule or law, especially one expressed by an equation or formula?

4. The continuing loop in which Charles's mother relives is of what?

5. Charles stays in shape in his machine by lifting what as a weight?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the correlation between human emotion and time travel symbolized in Chapter 9?

3. How does the author explore the genre of metafiction in the novel?

4. How does the narrator describe Universe 31 at night? How big is his time capsule?

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

6. How is the style of the book established through the table of contents and opening quotes?

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

8. How does the narrator relate to TAMMY? What is her character like?

9. What does the narrator advise to the client in Chapter 8? What is his assessment of his clients' desires?

10. What does the theme park in Loop City symbolize?

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