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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. An excerpt called "residual objects in closed time-like curves" describes the hypothetical "Book from _____."
(a) Nowhere.
(b) Inner earth.
(c) Hollywood.
(d) Outer space.

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

3. While reading the book from the future, Charles notices that the words do what in Chapter 17?
(a) Carry hidden meanings.
(b) Bring people together.
(c) Adjust themselves as his eyes travel the pages.
(d) Create differences among people.

4. What refers to an estimation of probability; forecast?
(a) Prediction.
(b) Odds.
(c) Horoscope.
(d) Calculation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Charles had punished his father with silence for how long after his mother left the home?

2. In Chapter 25, Charles's father talks slowly about the invention, saying that the key is "the acquisition of" what?

3. In Appendix A, Charles is told he should get into the capsule with his father and return to whom?

4. Who does the shuttle driver turn out to be in Chapter 20?

5. Charles's father makes the discovery that what can be a time machine in Chapter 24?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Against whose advice does Charles jump to the end of the book in Chapter 18? Why?

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

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

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