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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 refers to that which is concerned with abstract thought or subjects, as existence, causality, or truth?

2. Who does Charles see after a bell sounds in Chapter 20?

3. In Chapter 24, Charles gets a call from whom, but TAMMY tells him not to take it because he is stuck in a time loop?

4. In Chapter 25, Charles's father talks slowly about the invention, saying that the key is "the acquisition of" what?

5. What refers to the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How is the theme of memory embodied in Chapter 16?

6. What is described in the excerpt "residual objects in closed time-like curves"?

7. What is symbolized by Charles's experience of nothingness in Chapter 19?

8. What does Charles discover in the book in Chapter 28?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Describe the character of "The Woman My Mother Should Have Been." How does this character differ from Charles's real mother?

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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