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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 22 describes the first time-travel trip taken by Charles and his father which lasted how long?

2. What date does the wall calendar show in the scene of the kitchen in Charles's boyhood home in Chapter 28?

3. What first prototype time machine does Charles recall in Chapter 21?

4. The morning after Charles and his father meet with the institute director, his father does what?

5. What does Charles knock over in his attempt to escape in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How are self-reflection and self improvement symbolized in Chapter 21?

4. Where are Charles and his father in the memory in Chapter 25?

5. Why much Charles refocus his efforts in Chapter 27?

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

7. What discoveries does Charles make of his childhood in Chapter 21?

8. What does the excerpt titled "Wineberg-Takayma Radius" discuss?

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

10. What is symbolized by Charles's father's second machine described in Chapter 26?

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

Describe and discuss the settings of Universe 31 and TM-31. What is the size of the universe? How big is Charles's ship?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the themes of time and memory in the novel. How are time and memory related, according to the narrator?

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