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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year does the Time Traveler say the dials on his machine recorded?
(a) 89271.
(b) 800001.
(c) 8027.
(d) 802701.

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

3. Approximately how tall are the creatures?
(a) Three feet.
(b) Six feet.
(c) Five feet.
(d) Four feet.

4. In which point of view is Chapter 2 told?
(a) First person, from the Time Traveler's point of view.
(b) First person, from Hillyer's point of view.
(c) Third person, limited to Hillyer's point of view.
(d) Third person omniscient.

5. What is the Time Traveler smoking?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A cigar.
(c) A cigarette.
(d) A pipe.

6. Which character is described by the following: "an argumentative person with red hair"?
(a) The Provincial Mayor.
(b) The Editor.
(c) The Time Traveler.
(d) Filby.

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

8. What is the first thing the Time Traveler drinks at the second dinner?
(a) Beer.
(b) Champagne.
(c) Scotch.
(d) Water.

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

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

11. What are the adjectives Wells uses to describe the language of the Eloi?
(a) Sickening, gutteral and anxious.
(b) Strange, sweet and liquid.
(c) Strange, rapid and soft.
(d) Weird, bizarre and rich.

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

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

14. How does the Time Traveler attempt to communicate the concept of time to the first Eloi he meets?
(a) He uses math, the universal language.
(b) He looks at his watch.
(c) He points to the sun.
(d) He lectures them on the Fourth Dimension.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of meat are they eating at the second dinner?

2. What does the Time Traveler find when he attempts to climb down into one of the Morlocks' shafts or tunnels?

3. Why does the Time Traveler think that it was not the Eloi who moved the time machine?

4. What shape are the tables in the Time Traveler's room?

5. What does the Time Traveler notice about Eloi gender roles?

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