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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 defined as a region of space from which nothing, not even light, can escape?

2. Charles and his father are on their way to show their time machine to the director of what institution in Chapter 25?

3. In Chapter 20, Charles realizes that the shoes he had seen belonged to whom?

4. Charles had punished his father with silence for how long after his mother left the home?

5. In Chapter 19, the TM-31 begins to vibrate and what shakes loose?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the setting of Chapters 20 and 21 important?

2. What discovery did Charles and his father make about time travel in Charles's memory in Chapter 22?

3. What theory is described in the excerpt called "decoherence and wave function collapse"?

4. What is described in the excerpt "TM-31 calibration protocol"? How is this metaphorical?

5. What does Charles realize the setting represents in Chapter 20? What is his response to the setting?

6. What is symbolic about the scene in Chapter 25 with Charles and his father?

7. What is metaphorical about Charles's discoveries in Chapter 28?

8. What is symbolized through the shuttle driver in Chapter 20?

9. What does Charles discover using the key in Chapter 29?

10. What is the author's statement about contemporary life in Chapter 30? How is this symbolized?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define and discuss literary allusion in the narrative. From what film or literature does the character of Luke Skywalker arise?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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