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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Morlocks' plan inside the White Sphinx?
(a) To steal the time machine and go back in time.
(b) The capture as many Eloi as they could.
(c) To lure the Time Traveler to his own death.
(d) To free the Time Traveler.

2. While the Time Traveler notices that the constellations are different in the night sky as he and Weena bed down in the forest, what is the one celestial feature that is seemingly unchanged?
(a) The North Star.
(b) The Big Dipper.
(c) The Milky Way.
(d) The Aurora Borealis.

3. Whom does the Time Traveler refer to as "cattle" multiple times in Chapter 10?
(a) The Eloi.
(b) Weena.
(c) Ancient humans.
(d) Himself.

4. Approximately what time is it, when the Time Traveler returns home, according to the journalist?
(a) Nine o-clock.
(b) One o'clock.
(c) Three o'clock.
(d) Eleven o'clock.

5. Why is Weena unable to walk in the forest?
(a) She falls asleep.
(b) She is injured.
(c) She wants to die.
(d) She faints.

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

7. Discussing the fear of the Eloi during the New Moon, the Time Traveler says that his fear is different than theirs. Why?
(a) He is afraid of the Eloi.
(b) He is not paralyzed by his fear.
(c) He knows he has an escape route.
(d) He is not afraid of the Morlocks.

8. How many times did the Time Traveler see "Morlocks put their heads down in a kind of agony and rush into the flames"?
(a) Seven.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

9. Why does the Time Traveler presume that the Morlocks are good climbers?
(a) Because they have five sets of claws.
(b) Because of their wells.
(c) Because they nest in the trees.
(d) Because he saw them scale the Palace.

10. Why is it significant that the moon is starting to wane in Chapter 7?
(a) None of the above.
(b) Because the nights will be darker.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Because the Morlocks feed off lunar energy.

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

12. What is the Editor's reaction to the Time Traveler's story?
(a) He does not believe it.
(b) He wants to interview him.
(c) He wants to go to the future himself.
(d) He wants to option the rights.

13. What does the Time Traveler tell his guests is the only difference in the Time Machine when he returns home?
(a) That it is still in the future.
(b) That is is damaged.
(c) That it needs to be repaired.
(d) That it is in the opposite corner of the room.

14. What characterizes the thirty or forty Morlocks on the hill, watching the fire rage toward them?
(a) They are sorry for killing.
(b) They are hungry for Eloi.
(c) They are helpless.
(d) They are on fire.

15. 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) Crabs.
(b) Scorpions.
(c) Butterflies.
(d) Cockroaches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Time Traveler refer to when he says "wilderness of rotting paper"?

2. Why does the Time Traveler keep the camphor he finds?

3. What word best describes the Time Traveler's actions just before he realizes that he cannot easily light the matches?

4. In one section of the museum, the Time Traveler infers that the hall used artificial illumination from what evidence?

5. In the forest in Chapter 7, whom does Wells describe as the "dainty ones"?

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