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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. In what person is the book written?

2. What is the most common nickname of the capital city of Universe 31?

3. Charles rescued his dog as he was about to drift into what?

4. What does the narrator claim hurts him in Chapter 1?

5. Charles's mother cashed in her retirement funds to buy how many years of reliving in a continuing loop?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Chapter 3 begin? What is significant about time travel in this chapter?

2. Why is TAMMY crying in Chapter 2?

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

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

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

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

7. How does the author explore the genre of metafiction in the novel?

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

9. Discuss the metaphor for time travel and its relation to the narrator's father in Chapter 3. What does the symbolism say about the narrator's father?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of family and the relationship between Charles's parents in the novel. What led to Charles's mother leaving?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the setting of Loop City in the narrative. How does Loop City reflect the cities of our world today?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the character development of Charles in the narrative and his actions in Chapters 18 and 19. Why does Charles choose to go to the end of the book and what happens when he does?

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