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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Time Traveler sees an animal in the night, what does he take it for?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) An Eloi.
(c) A goat.
(d) A small deer.

2. Approximately how many Eloi are there in the great hall?
(a) Several thousand.
(b) About 75.
(c) Between 500 and 1000.
(d) A couple hundred.

3. Inside the machine, it seems as if the housekeeper walks from one end of the room to the other like what object?
(a) A rocket.
(b) A turtle.
(c) A snail.
(d) A bullet.

4. What does the Time Traveler ask his guests to save for him while he changes?
(a) Dessert.
(b) Meat.
(c) Salad.
(d) Greenbean casserole.

5. At what time of day does the time machine begin its day, according to the Time Traveler?
(a) 2:00 A.M..
(b) 4:00 A.M..
(c) 12:00 A.M..
(d) 10:00 A.M.

6. The Time Traveler recognizes the landscape of the Eloi as the valley of what river from his own time?
(a) The Floss.
(b) The Thames.
(c) The Mississippi.
(d) The Danube.

7. How big is the model time machine the Time Traveler shows his guests?
(a) The size of a small clock.
(b) The size of a football.
(c) The size of an automobile.
(d) The size of a pocketwatch.

8. Which character suggests that, in the future, time travelers might encounter communist societies?
(a) Filby.
(b) The Medical Man.
(c) The Psychologist.
(d) The narrator.

9. Which of the characters says that he has never heard of the Fourth Dimension?
(a) The Time Traveler.
(b) The Provincial Mayor.
(c) Hillyer.
(d) Filby.

10. How does the Time Traveler describe the feeling of the Eloi touching him?
(a) As soft little tentacles.
(b) As weird little tickles.
(c) As disgusting little claws.
(d) As strange little hooks.

11. In which direction is the Palace of Green Porcelain?
(a) Due North.
(b) Due South.
(c) Northeast.
(d) Southwest.

12. How did the Time Traveler make friends with Weena?
(a) He saved her from the river.
(b) He gave her a ride on the time machine.
(c) He gave her a garland of flowers.
(d) He saved her from the Morlocks.

13. What kind of meat are they eating at the second dinner?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Mutton.
(c) Pork.
(d) Beef.

14. What sound does the Time Traveler hear from deep within the shaft?
(a) Screams.
(b) Machinery.
(c) Heavy-metal music.
(d) Subway/Underground train.

15. What is the "trick" the Medical Man says the Time Traveler showed them last Christmas?
(a) A spaceship.
(b) A disappearing rabbit.
(c) An alien autopsy.
(d) A ghost.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the animal the Time Traveler sees in the night on the way to look for his missing time machine?

2. Which battle does the Psychologist mention, when the men speak of traveling in history to see past battles?

3. Compared to the children the Time Traveler is used to, what does he estimate the intellectual age of the Eloi to be?

4. Which character is described by the following: "an argumentative person with red hair"?

5. What are the adjectives Wells uses to describe the language of the Eloi?

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