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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. What statement follows "When it happens, this is what happens" in the opening of the book?

2. Charles works as an affiliate contractor for what company?

3. The continuing loop in which Charles's mother relives is of what?

4. What refers to the original or model on which something is based or formed?

5. Charles's mother gives him a wrapped box from where in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the setting and protagonist of the novel described in Chapter 1?

2. What is metaphorical about the narrator's visit to see his mother in Chapter 13?

3. How does the narrator describe his mother in Chapter 3? What time period is she reliving?

4. How is the correlation between human emotion and time travel symbolized in Chapter 9?

5. How is the size of Universe 31 described in the novel?

6. Where is client the narrator contacts in Chapter 8? What did she use her time machine for?

7. How does the narrator describe Universe 31 at night? How big is his time capsule?

8. What is revealed about Universe 31 in the excerpt "reality, in relation to"?

9. What is significant about the narrator's memory of his father in Chapter 12?

10. How is the style of the book established through the table of contents and opening quotes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss foreshadowing and symbolism in Chapter 10. What does the narrator seeing himself outside the time capsule foreshadow?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the settings of Universe 31 and TM-31. What is the size of the universe? How big is Charles's ship?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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