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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 realizes in Chapter 20 that the room he is in is a construct of what?
(a) A world without change.
(b) His perfect world.
(c) His private hell.
(d) His father's ideal life.

2. What does Charles knock over in his attempt to escape in Chapter 20?
(a) A chair.
(b) A lamp.
(c) A sexbot.
(d) An urn.

3. What refers to a plan, procedure, or expedient for promoting a desired end or result?
(a) Motivation.
(b) Obstacle.
(c) Action.
(d) Tactic.

4. Charles is how old at the start of Chapter 25?
(a) 11.
(b) 17.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

5. 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 return to their starting point.
(b) How to land the vehicle.
(c) The rules of time travel.
(d) How to control the vehicle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to an estimation of probability; forecast?

2. In Chapter 16, Charles examines the book from the future, which is part autobiography and part what?

3. What is defined as a fact, occurrence, or circumstance observed or observable?

4. In Chapter 20, the shuttle driver gets up, slaps Charles, kisses him, and then does what?

5. The institution that Charles and his father are going to in Chapter 25 is an imposing building where?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are self-reflection and self improvement symbolized in Chapter 21?

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

3. What happens when Charles's father begins to demonstrate the machine in Chapter 25? What is his reaction?

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

5. What discoveries does Charles make of his childhood in Chapter 21?

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

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

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

9. How is the theme of memory embodied in Chapter 16?

10. What does Charles discover using the key in Chapter 29?

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