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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 father's theory described in Chapter 25 is that humans can tell they are in the present and are not simply remembering a past event because it is what?
(a) An evolutionary trait.
(b) Counterproductive.
(c) A skill required for survival.
(d) Just daydreaming.

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

3. A book excerpt,"TM-31 calibration protocol," describes the calibration process as putting sensors on one's fingertips and waiting for how long?
(a) 43 seconds.
(b) 15 seconds.
(c) 85 seconds.
(d) 35 seconds.

4. In Chapter 24, Charles gets a call from whom, but TAMMY tells him not to take it because he is stuck in a time loop?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) Phil.
(d) His cousin.

5. What does Charles experience at the end of Chapter 19?
(a) Eternity.
(b) Nothingness.
(c) Suffocation.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The institution Charles and his father visit in Chapter 25 represents what to Charles's father?

4. When Charles's father climbs into the time machine in Chapter 25, what happens?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is metaphorical about Charles's transcription of the book in Chapter 16?

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

3. Where are Charles and his father in the memory in Chapter 25?

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

5. What is symbolized by Charles and his father being unable to land the machine in Chapter 22?

6. What does the excerpt titled "Wineberg-Takayma Radius" discuss?

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

8. Why is the setting of Chapters 20 and 21 important?

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

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

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