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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is credited in the beginning of the book for the quote, "Time does not flow. Other times are just special cases of other universes"?
2. What occupation did Charles's father have?
3. In Chapter 9, Charles claims to have had a one-night stand with a human-like creature once, but he has even given up coin-operated ____ because they're not much fun.
4. Charles describes his job as part of what industry in Chapter 8?
5. Charles describes standing at the center of Loop City as like being a character within what?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the narrator's existence metaphorical for contemporary society?
2. How does the narrator describe his mother in Chapter 3? What time period is she reliving?
3. What has caused the problem with the narrator's ship in Chapter 10? What is symbolic about this?
4. What is described in the excerpt "unfinished nature of"?
5. How does the narrator relate to TAMMY? What is her character like?
6. What is revealed about the narrator in Chapter 14?
7. What does the narrator say his mother taught him in Chapter 13? What is significant about this?
8. What does the theme park in Loop City symbolize?
9. How does the narrator describe being in Loop City in Chapter 11?
10. What symbolism and foreshadowing can be seen as the narrator arrives in Loop City in Chapter 10?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the characteristics of the narrator, TAMMY and Ed, and also discuss the isolation of the narrator. With whom does he have the most interaction?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the character of the narrator's father in the story, and then discuss the theme of psychology in the novel. How is time travel similar to self-analysis?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the character of "The Woman My Mother Should Have Been." How does this character differ from Charles's real mother?
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