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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Time Traveler see after his meal with the Eloi, when he goes outside again to look at the White Sphinx?
(a) He sees that another Time Machine is parked next to his own.
(b) He sees Morlocks.
(c) He sees a forest fire.
(d) He sees that the Time Machine is missing.

2. What color eyes do the Morlocks have, according to the Time Traveler's first impressions?
(a) Blue-green.
(b) Brown-green.
(c) Grey-red.
(d) Black.

3. Why is the Time Traveler worried about stopping?
(a) He fears he might fall off the machine.
(b) He fears he might hit something.
(c) He fears he might damage the time machine and be stuck in the future.
(d) He fears he might hurt a passerby.

4. The narrator mentions that if another character had shown them the time machine, they would not be as skeptical as they were of the Time Traveler. Which other character does he mention?
(a) Filby.
(b) The Medical Man.
(c) The Very Young Man.
(d) The Provincial Mayor.

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

6. Which, of the following metals, is mentioned as part of the Time Machine?
(a) Iron.
(b) Gold.
(c) Brass.
(d) Nickel.

7. What do the Eloi wear on their heads?
(a) Turbans.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Skullcaps.
(d) Derby hats.

8. What does the Time Traveler judge his pace in the machine to be?
(a) A decade an second.
(b) A season an a milisecond.
(c) A year a minute.
(d) An hour a day.

9. On what day of the week did the guests come for dinner?
(a) Friday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Saturday.

10. Why does the Time Traveler remove something from the machine when he meets the Eloi and prepares to leave the machine?
(a) So the Eloi cannot figure out how to build their own.
(b) So the Eloi will not sell the time machine on the black market.
(c) So it cannot be operated.
(d) So he can travel back in time without the machine.

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

12. What color is the animal the Time Traveler sees in the night on the way to look for his missing time machine?
(a) Green.
(b) Brown.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

13. What is the texture of the Eloi's hair?
(a) Braided.
(b) Curly.
(c) Fine.
(d) Straight.

14. How much does the Editor offer to pay for the Time Traveler's story?
(a) A shilling a line.
(b) A penny a word.
(c) A pound a word.
(d) A pound a paragraph.

15. Why does the Time Traveler claim not to be afraid of the first Eloi he meets, even though they are touching him?
(a) He has superior weapons, so is not worred.
(b) They look so frail he thinks he could dispatch several at once.
(c) The Eloi give him welcoming gifts.
(d) He can understand their language and that they say they mean him no harm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one use to operate the model?

2. Inside the machine, it seems as if the housekeeper walks from one end of the room to the other like what object?

3. What do the Eloi offer the Time Traveler when he intimates that he did in fact come out of the thunderstorm?

4. What frightens the Time Traveler badly enough to make him flee the underground lair of the Morlocks?

5. How did he find out her name was Weena?

(see the answer keys)

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