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

2. What does Charles see Ed gnawing on in Chapter 28?
(a) A sweater.
(b) The wrapped box his mother gave him.
(c) A food bowl.
(d) His paw.

3. Chapter 22 describes the first time-travel trip taken by Charles and his father which lasted how long?
(a) Five seconds.
(b) Less than a minute.
(c) Five minutes.
(d) Seven minutes.

4. What refers to that which is concerned with abstract thought or subjects, as existence, causality, or truth?
(a) Psychological.
(b) Science.
(c) Metaphysical.
(d) Geological.

5. What does Charles find inside the box in Chapter 28?
(a) A Chrono-Adventurer Survival Kit.
(b) Money.
(c) A book.
(d) Spare parts for the time machine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Charles see after a bell sounds in Chapter 20?

2. In Chapter 18, Charles wants to give up, but TAMMY says he must continue through what?

3. The excerpt "theorems, miscellaneous" contains only the statement that sooner or later, a time will come when the next day, a person will what?

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

5. In Chapter 28, Charles removes the book from what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is symbolized when Charles watches his mother's reaction in Chapter 23?

2. What does Charles discover in the book in Chapter 28?

3. Why much Charles refocus his efforts in Chapter 27?

4. What is the author's statement about contemporary life in Chapter 30? How is this symbolized?

5. How does Charles describe his frame of mind in Chapters 20 and 21?

6. What is symbolic about the scene in Chapter 25 with Charles and his father?

7. What is metaphorical about Charles's discoveries in Chapter 28?

8. What discovery did Charles and his father make about time travel in Charles's memory in Chapter 22?

9. What is symbolized by Charles's father's second machine described in Chapter 26?

10. What is metaphorical about Charles's and his father's discovery about time travel in Chapter 22?

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