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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. Chapter 3 begins with the protagonist thinking about his father reading a storybook to him when he was what age?
2. Who is not sure the capsule will make it back safely to headquarters in Chapter 10?
3. In Chapter 9, Charles says time is a machine for converting pain into what that cannot be changed?
4. In the diagram of CY's time loop, the notes indicate that CY is who?
5. In Chapter 14, Charles pulls his gun and shoots his future self just as the victim is telling him that everything is what?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the narrator describe his mother in Chapter 3? What time period is she reliving?
2. 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?
3. How is the style of the book established through the table of contents and opening quotes?
4. What is revealed about the narrator in Chapter 14?
5. How is the narrator's existence metaphorical for contemporary society?
6. How does the narrator describe being in Loop City in Chapter 11?
7. How are the setting and protagonist of the novel described in Chapter 1?
8. How does the narrator describe Universe 31 at night? How big is his time capsule?
9. What is the reality of the setting like in the novel? How does the author express the abstractions of the setting?
10. What does the theme park in Loop City symbolize?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define the genre of metafiction and analyze the stylistic elements of the novel. How does the novel's style reflect metafiction?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and analyze the book from the future and its metaphorical meaning in the novel. How does the book relate to the theme of memory?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the setting of Loop City in the narrative. How does Loop City reflect the cities of our world today?
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