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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. What refers to change in the gene pool of a population from generation to generation by such processes as mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift?
(a) Evolution.
(b) Breeding.
(c) Development.
(d) Deformation.

2. In Chapter 21, Charles looks from the capsule and sees what that appears to be what giant object?
(a) A rollercoaster.
(b) An aquarium.
(c) A car.
(d) A tent.

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) A black hole.
(b) A nebula.
(c) The void.
(d) The abyss.

4. Chapter 20 opens with Charles standing in a temple before various statues of whom?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Buddha.
(d) Jesus.

5. In Chapter 30, the book shows that time experienced by a time traveler is different from time measured by whom?
(a) Those not time-traveling.
(b) Children.
(c) The internet.
(d) Watch makers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 20, Charles realizes that the shoes he had seen belonged to whom?

2. What does Charles experience at the end of Chapter 19?

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

4. Chapter 22 describes the first time-travel trip taken by Charles and his father which lasted how long?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is symbolized by Charles's experience of nothingness in Chapter 19?

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

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