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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Time Traveler describe being tackled by a group of Morlocks?
(a) Like being hunted by lions.
(b) Like being caught in spider's web.
(c) Like being trapped in a viper pit.
(d) Like being swallowed by a whale.

2. What are the objects/things that Wells describes with the word "carbuncles"?
(a) Weena's eyes.
(b) The Morlocks' eyes.
(c) The bright red stars.
(d) The lever from his time machine.

3. In the farthest future to which the Time Traveler travels, what is one thing that's missing?
(a) Sounds.
(b) Water.
(c) Ice.
(d) Life.

4. Faced with his loathing of the Morlocks, the Time Traveler feels like a what "in a cage"?
(a) A canary.
(b) A man.
(c) A dog.
(d) A beast.

5. To what insect does the Time Traveler compare the Morlocks repeatedly in Chapter 7?
(a) Ants.
(b) Wasps.
(c) Beetles.
(d) Bees.

6. In Chapter 11, when the Time Traveler attempts to escape the animals that frighten him, how far into the future does he travel?
(a) One year.
(b) One decade.
(c) One month.
(d) One day.

7. In the forest in Chapter 7, whom does Wells describe as the "dainty ones"?
(a) Ancient humans.
(b) The Morlock.
(c) Giant butterflies.
(d) The Eloi.

8. What does the Time Traveler realize when he picks Weena up and slings her over his shoulder?
(a) That they are surrounded my Morlocks in all directions.
(b) That the fire is spreading.
(c) That Weena is dead.
(d) That he has lost his way in the forest.

9. What is the framework of the Palace of Green Porcelain made of?
(a) Metal.
(b) Bone.
(c) Wood.
(d) Glass.

10. To what far future creature does the following description apply: "its many legs moving slowly and uncertainly, its big claws swaying, its long antennae like carters' whips"?
(a) Scorpions.
(b) Crabs.
(c) Butterflies.
(d) Cockroaches.

11. In Chapter 11, in the even farther future, what characterizes the oceans?
(a) There are giant sharks.
(b) They are acidic.
(c) There is only fresh water.
(d) There are no waves or breakers.

12. Which character returns to the Time Traveler's laboratory the next day, after the Time Traveler returns home?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The Editor.
(c) The Journalist.
(d) The Medical Man.

13. In the farthest future to which the Time Traveler travels, how big is the one evidence of animal life he sees?
(a) Basketball sized.
(b) Golfball sized.
(c) Baseball sized.
(d) Football sized.

14. When the Time Traveler returns home, whom does he see walk in reverse across his laboratory?
(a) The Provincial Mayor.
(b) The Housekeeper.
(c) The Editor.
(d) The Very Young Man.

15. What part of the flower does the Medical Man find odd?
(a) The stem.
(b) The gynaeceum.
(c) The petals.
(d) The scent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times did the Time Traveler see "Morlocks put their heads down in a kind of agony and rush into the flames"?

2. In Chapter 10, Wells describes the Eloi's "feeble prettiness," which is compared to which characteristics of the Morlocks?

3. What does the narrator think he sees in Chapter 12?

4. What kind of dinosaur does the Time Traveler mention in the museum?

5. Where does the Time Traveler intend to go once he is armed with things he found at the museum?

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