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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. In Chapter 24, Charles's father says the equations indicate their machine is doing what?
(a) Producing radiation.
(b) Miscalculating time.
(c) Wasting energy.
(d) Colliding with other figures.

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) 85 seconds.
(c) 43 seconds.
(d) 15 seconds.

3. In Chapter 18, Charles cannot see why he should not just jump forward in time, to when what is finished?
(a) Ed's life.
(b) His life.
(c) Time.
(d) The book.

4. Despite the fact that TAMMY and TOAD tell him it is a bad idea, Charles keys in the instructions to do what in Chapter 18?
(a) Turn to page 55.
(b) Start at the beginning.
(c) Turn to the last page.
(d) Write the table of contents.

5. In Chapter 25, Charles's father talks slowly about the invention, saying that the key is "the acquisition of" what?
(a) "Space time."
(b) "Tensed information."
(c) "A flux capacitor."
(d) "Dark matter."

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to the illusion of having previously experienced something actually being encountered for the first time?

2. An excerpt called "decoherence and wave function collapse" says that a unified theory of chronodiegetics would combine the forces of regret, counterfactual elements and what?

3. What is on the smaller box inside the wrapped box from Charles's mother in Chapter 28?

4. A book excerpt,"TM-31 calibration protocol," concludes that a time machine can only go where?

5. In what year was the author Charles Yu born?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Charles realize the setting represents in Chapter 20? What is his response to the setting?

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

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

5. What is described in the excerpt "TM-31 calibration protocol"? How is this metaphorical?

6. What is metaphorical about Charles's discoveries in Chapter 28?

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

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

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

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

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