'The Time Machine' Chapter 11-end

Where is the Time Traveller going at the beginning of Chapter 11?

• Into the past

• Nowhere - he is trapped in the Sphinx.

• Into the future

• Back underground to the Morlocks

In Chapter 11, how far does the Time Traveller eventually travel into the future?

• 3 million years

• 30 million years

• 300 million years

• 3 billion years

Which of the following best describes the way the Time Traveller moves from the time machine to the dining room of his house?

• Limping

• Sprinting

• Crawling

• Tiptoeing

How did the Time Traveller find out that he had returned one week after the first dinner party?

• Mrs Watchett told him the date.

• The date was on his time machine dial.

• He was wearing a watch with a date function.

• He saw the date on a magazine cover.

Who is the first dinner guest to speak to the Time Traveller; what do they say?

• The Editor; he suggests he doesn’t believe the story.

• The Medical Man; he offers the Time Traveller medical assistance.

• Filby; he tells the Time Machine that he is amazed and impressed by the story.

• The Psychologist; he offers the Time Traveller therapy to help him understand what happened to him.

What does the narrator initially think of the Time Traveller’s story?

• He believes it.

• He is not sure whether to believe it.

• He does not believe it.

• He thinks there is more that the Time Traveller is not telling him.

What does the Time Traveller take into the future with him?

• Flowers from his garden

• A clock

• A record player

• A camera

At the end of Chapter 12, how long has the Time Traveller been gone for?

• A week

• Six months

• Three years

• Ten years

Which of these is the most accurate summary of the epilogue?

• The narrator criticises the irresponsible actions of the Time Traveller.

• The narrator speculates about what the Time Traveller is doing and whether he will return.

• The narrator writes a eulogy for the Time Traveller, who he believes has died.

• The narrator explains his theory that the Time Traveller made the whole thing up.

What does the narrator think the flowers given to him by the Time Traveller represent?

• That gratitude and tenderness live on in the heart of man

• That there is incredible beauty throughout nature

• That living things are fragile and transient

• That nature is superior to the man-made world