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

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

3. Charles thinks in Chapter 20 of how his mother always would ask for what in an utterly unembarrassed way?
(a) Love.
(b) The mail.
(c) The truth.
(d) Money.

4. Charles's father makes the discovery that what can be a time machine in Chapter 24?
(a) Anything.
(b) Only wooden vessels.
(c) Only metal objects.
(d) Cars but not boats.

5. Chapter 22 describes the first time-travel trip taken by Charles and his father in a machine they built where?
(a) In the back yard.
(b) In an aircraft hanger.
(c) In the garage.
(d) In the kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charles knock over in his attempt to escape in Chapter 20?

2. What refers to a plan, procedure, or expedient for promoting a desired end or result?

3. What term means to face in hostility or defiance; oppose?

4. What does TOAD stand for in the narrative?

5. In Chapter 27, Charles asks TAMMY to calculate the odds of what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What theory is described in the excerpt called "decoherence and wave function collapse"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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