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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 is on the smaller box inside the wrapped box from Charles's mother in Chapter 28?
2. It occurs to Charles in Chapter 20 that desire is what?
3. In Chapter 21, Charles looks from the capsule and sees what that appears to be what giant object?
4. In Charles's handwriting, the book in Chapter 16 is inscribed with the admonition to read it, and then write it, which will do what?
5. In Chapter 16, Charles examines the book from the future, which is part autobiography and part what?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Charles describe his frame of mind in Chapters 20 and 21?
2. What does Charles discover in the box from his mother in Chapter 28?
3. Why much Charles refocus his efforts in Chapter 27?
4. What happens when Charles's father begins to demonstrate the machine in Chapter 25? What is his reaction?
5. What is described in the excerpt "residual objects in closed time-like curves"?
6. What discovery did Charles and his father make about time travel in Charles's memory in Chapter 22?
7. How is the director described in Chapter 25? What does Charles's father tell him?
8. How are self-reflection and self improvement symbolized in Chapter 21?
9. What does Charles discover in the book in Chapter 28?
10. What is described in the excerpt "TM-31 calibration protocol"? How is this metaphorical?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the character of "The Woman My Mother Should Have Been." How does this character differ from Charles's real mother?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the theme of emotional expression in the novel. How does Charles differ from TAMMY in his emotional responses? How does his mother's reaction in Chapter 23 reflect this theme?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and analyze the character of the narrator's mother in the novel. In what state is the mother trapped in and how did she get that way?
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