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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 is how old at the start of Chapter 25?
(a) 8.
(b) 11.
(c) 12.
(d) 17.
2. TAMMY's software has no way of distinguishing exact patterns repeated within what?
(a) Books.
(b) Numbers.
(c) A set time frame.
(d) Space time.
3. In Chapter 30, Charles asks TAMMY how long they were in the loop and she replies that time never moved forward after he shot himself, because he tried to skip forward in time and entered what?
(a) The abyss.
(b) A nebula.
(c) The void.
(d) A black hole.
4. Chapter 23 describes how the crash had the fortunate effect of eliminating the possibility of what?
(a) That two sets of themselves would then go forward in time.
(b) Being killed by their future selves.
(c) The prototype being mass produced.
(d) The time machine being used for evil.
5. 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. An excerpt called "residual objects in closed time-like curves" describes the hypothetical "Book from _____."
2. How old is Charles in the memory of himself and his family in Chapter 23?
3. What refers to knowledge of what is true or right coupled with just judgment as to action; sagacity, discernment, or insight?
4. In Chapter 19, the TM-31 begins to vibrate and what shakes loose?
5. Chapter 20 opens with Charles standing in a temple before various statues of whom?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is described in the excerpt "TM-31 calibration protocol"? How is this metaphorical?
2. How is Charles's book from the future metaphorical for memory?
3. What happens when Charles's father begins to demonstrate the machine in Chapter 25? What is his reaction?
4. What theory is described in the excerpt called "decoherence and wave function collapse"?
5. What does Charles discover using the key in Chapter 29?
6. Against whose advice does Charles jump to the end of the book in Chapter 18? Why?
7. How are self-reflection and self improvement symbolized in Chapter 21?
8. What discoveries does Charles make of his childhood in Chapter 21?
9. How does Charles describe his frame of mind in Chapters 20 and 21?
10. Where are Charles and his father in the memory in Chapter 25?
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