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Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 2hrs 55mins
How does the Time Traveler (TT) intend to prove his theory of time travel? (chpts. 1-4)
He is going to synchronize his watch with the gentlemen’s watches and then travel ten minutes into the future.
He has created a small model of the Time Machine to show the men how it works.
He intends to bring items from the past into the present.
He plans to send the Psychologist ten minutes into the future.
What do the men see when the Psychologist presses the lever on the Time Machine? (chpts. 1-4)
The model disappears before their eyes.
The Time Machine explodes in a cloud of smoke.
The Psychologist disappears before their eyes.
Nothing happens.
The Time Traveler (TT) is late for the second dinner party. What is in the note he left for the Medical Man? (chpts. 1-4)
The TT instructs the Medical Man to begin dinner promptly at 7:00PM.
The TT instructs the Medical Man to meet him at his laboratory at precisely 6:48PM.
The TT instructs the Medical Man to use the time machine to join him in the future.
The TT instructs the Medical Man to contact the police if he is more than an hour late for dinner.
What does the Time Traveler do when the little people initially attempt to explore the machine? (chpts. 1-4)
He yells and waves them away from the machine.
He unscrews the levers that make the machine work and puts them into his pocket.
He distracts their attention by walking away from the machine.
He gets back into the machine and leaves.
How does the Time Traveler describe the little people who initially come to greet him? (chpts. 1-4)
They are small with curly hair, bright lips, pointed chins, and mild eyes.
They are extremely tall and bronze with superhuman strength.
They are pale-complexioned with flaxen hair and greyish-red eyes.
They are crab-like creatures with claws for hands and antennae.
What best describes the land of the little people? (chpts. 1-4)
It is a huge desert with a mountain range in the far distance.
The land is filled with green plants and trees, huge amounts of flowers, and there are ruins in the distance.
The natural landscape is masked by huge glass buildings and extensive roads.
It is a vast wasteland.
What does the Time Traveler discover when he returns to the area surrounding the White Sphinx on the first night? (chpts. 5-8)
He finds a young child sleeping in the Time Machine.
Someone has smashed the dials of the Time Machine.
He discovers the Time Machine is gone.
The statue of the White Sphinx has been beheaded.
Although he is in great distress over the missing Time Machine, what one fact makes the Time Traveler feel reassured? (chpts. 5-8)
He has the plans to the machine in his pocket and can rebuild a new machine.
He has the levers to work the machine in his pocket.
He knew even if he could not get home, he would be very happy living with the little people.
He has the key to start the machine in his pocket.
When the Time Traveler goes to the second great hall trying to find the Time Machine, what item does he use that the little people have forgotten? (chpts. 5-8)
Matches
Magnifying Glasses
Scissors
Eye Glasses
How do the Time Traveler and Weena become friends? (chpts. 5-8)
He asks her to serve as a guide into the wilderness as he looks for his Time Machine.
Weena’s father gives her to the Time Traveler as a gift.
The Time Traveler saves her from drowning.
Weena feels pity for him because he is alone, so she hangs out with him.
What does the Time Traveler learn about the diet of the Morlocks? (chpts. 5-8)
They only eat once a week.
They are vegetarians.
They are carnivores.
They eat the rodents that live in their caves.
After finding a block of sulphur, in one of the galleries, what idea sets the Time Traveler’s mind racing? (chpts. 5-8)
He wonders if he can find the proper ingredients to make gunpowder.
He can place the lighted Sulphur blocks at the openings of the Morlock caves to keep them in at night.
He can use all the blocks he’s found to create a stronghold for himself.
He believes the terrible smell of Sulphur burning will keep the Morlocks away.
What does the Time Traveler do that he later discovers to be an “atrocious folly?” (chpts. 9-Epilogue)
He lights the firewood to frighten the Morlocks.
He runs into the woods without first checking his whereabouts.
He throws the sticks of dynamite at the Morlocks.
He leaves Weena unguarded near a hollow tree.
What is the source of the “slumberous murmur” the Time Traveler hears in the forest? (chpts. 9-Epilogue)
It is the sound of the Time Machine’s engine.
It is the sound of the only creature the Morlocks fear.
It is the sound the Eloi make when trying to scare the Morlocks.
It is the sound of a forest fire roaring.
What does the Time Traveler notice about the Time Machine when he finally finds it? (chpts. 9-Epilogue)
It is covered with a slimy film from being underground.
The Morlocks have cleaned and oiled it thoroughly.
The dials are broken; he doesn’t know if the machine will work.
The crystals that make the machine work are now cracked.
The Time Traveler prepares to put the levers back into the machine, what “one little thing” does he realize he has overlooked? (chpts. 9-Epilogue)
He can’t start the machine until it is back in the exact spot where he arrived.
He has left the matches outside.
He has not fixed the broken lever.
He can’t light the matches without the match box.
How does the Time Traveler finally escape the Morlocks? (chpts. 9-Epilogue)
He fights the Morlocks while he inserts the levers into the machine. He is able to turn it on and escape.
The Eloi come to his rescue and distract the Morlocks long enough for him to leave.
He throws a stick of dynamite at them and blows them up.
He lures them into a tunnel he has filled with gunpowder. He then sets off the charge, sealing the Morlocks inside.
What does the Time Traveler notice when he looks at the dials of the Time Machine after escaping the Morlocks? (chpts. 9-Epilogue)
The dials no longer work, so he has no idea where he is going.
He realizes he forgot to set the dials for his own time period.
He notices he is traveling further into the future.
He notices he is traveling back to prehistoric times.
The Time Traveler stops on a beach. What type of creatures surround the Time Machine? (chpts. 9-Epilogue)
They are super-humans able to read the Time Traveler’s mind.
They are primitive humans in animal skins who do not possess language skills.
They are large crab-like creatures with claws, long antennae, and many legs.
They are small, football shaped creatures with slimy tentacles.
When the Time Traveler returns home, why does the Time Machine land in a different place than it had left? (chpts. 9-Epilogue)
The velocity of passing time has propelled the machine physically forward.
It lands in a different spot because it had been moved by the Morlocks.
The orbit of the Earth has changed.
The machine skids to a stop when the Time Traveler lands.
What does the Editor say after the Time Traveler completes his fantastic tale? (chpts. 9-Epilogue)
He says it’s a pity the Time Traveler isn’t a writer of stories.
He says the story must be kept secret from the citizens of the world.
He says he wants to start a committee to study the benefits of time travel.
He says the Time Traveler is crazy and insists on calling authorities.
What becomes of the Time Traveler? (chpts. 9-Epilogue)
He is committed to an insane asylum.
He is so traumatized by his experiences that he destroys the time machine.
He enters the time machine once more and is never seen again.
He becomes world-famous for his invention.
What does the Narrator have as a reminder “that even when mind and strength had gone, gratitude and a mutual tenderness still lived in the heart of Man?” (chpts. 9-Epilogue)
the replica of the Time Machine
a lever from the Time Machine
Weena’s flowers
match sticks
