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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. Where does the groove in the side of the book open to in Chapter 28?

2. In Chapter 30, Charles realizes that in order to escape the time loop, he must do what?

3. At Charles's request in Chapter 27, TAMMY calculates the probability of the occurrence discussed as once every how many years?

4. The institution Charles and his father visit in Chapter 25 represents what to Charles's father?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is symbolized when Charles watches his mother's reaction in Chapter 23?

3. What is metaphorical about Charles's and his father's discovery about time travel in Chapter 22?

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

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

8. What is metaphorical about Charles's transcription of the book in Chapter 16?

9. How does Charles describe his frame of mind in Chapters 20 and 21?

10. What does Charles discover in the box from his mother in Chapter 28?

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 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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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