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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 do Charles and Ed go to eat in the capital city in Chapter 11?

2. What is the name of Charles's time capsule's on-board computer?

3. An excerpt titled, "capital city" says the capital of Universe 31 contains what percent of the universe's robot population?

4. Specifically, Charles's occupational title is "certified network technician" for what devices?

5. What is the name of Charles's dog?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator say his mother taught him in Chapter 13? What is significant about this?

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

3. What problem does the narrator discover with his ship in Chapter 10?

4. What is revealed about the narrator in Chapter 14?

5. What robotic services are described in the excerpt "convenience, particular sadness of"?

6. How does the narrator relate to TAMMY? What is her character like?

7. What is described in the excerpt "unfinished nature of"?

8. What symbolism and foreshadowing can be seen as the narrator arrives in Loop City in Chapter 10?

9. What leads to Charles's outburst in Chapter 15? What does he discover on the ship?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the narrator's interaction with his client in Oakland and discuss symbolism and nostalgia in Chapter 8. What does the narrator believe his clients really want?

Essay Topic 2

Define the genre of metafiction and analyze the stylistic elements of the novel. How does the novel's style reflect metafiction?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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