The Time Traveler's Wife: questions to accompany the video

This is a questionnaire I used with the movie " The Time Traveler's Wife" .

The Time Traveler’s Wife Questions Name: _______________________________

1. Can Henry control his time travel? _______________________________________ ________
2. Why do you think his clothes don’t go with him? ____________________________________

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3. Would Henry seeing Claire in the Library cause a Paradox? Why? _____________________________________________________________________________

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4. What kind of jobs could you hold down if you were a time traveler like Henry? _____________________________________________________________________________

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5. If he goes forward in time, why wouldn’t he know about Claire? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6. Why do you think he can’t change the future and save his mom? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. During the subway scene, Henry sees his mom. If you could time travel, would you want to see you mom if she had passed away?  Why? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
8. If you were his mom, and some stranger came up to you and said the things Henry said, would you be flattered? Creeped out? Would you recognize the person for who they were but be in denial? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
9. When a stranger says weird stuff to you, do you consider that they may know something you don’t? Explain. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
10. Why do you think he gets pulled back to his mom’s accident if he can’t change anything? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
11. On the way to Claire’s parent’s house for the wedding, Henry is driving. Would you want to be in a car with Henry as the driver? _____________________________________________________

12. How do you think they explained the fact Henry had grey hair for the wedding ceremony but it went back to black hair for the reception? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

13. By meeting Claire and being a friend to her as a little girl, do you think he took away her free will? __________________________________________________________________________

14. Why doesn’t he ever seem to disappear in front of a group of people? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

15. If you knew about Henry like Gomez did, would you be able to keep something that big a total secret? ________________________________________________________________________

16. Is getting the lottery numbers ahead of time something you think is ethical since he probably has a harder time keeping a job and supporting his family? ______________________________

17. What would you do in Claire’s case when she had the lottery ticket in her hands? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

18. Would you want to see/ know how and when you die? Why _____________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

19. Why was her miscarriage so painful? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

20. Why did she hemorrhage when the baby would time travel? Would all the associated materials leave too? What about the cervical plug, If the baby disappears, why would that cause the bleeding and pain? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

21. Why did he take out the earplugs in the CAT scan? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

22. Why do you think he was suddenly able to travel past his death? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

23. Was it a good thing for Alba to tell Henry when he dies? Why?  ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

24. How would you handle knowing? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

25. Alba came back and told herself on her birthday that her father was going to die. Was it helpful or hurtful for her to know in advance? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

26. Why do the pain killers make Henry travel more? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

27. Why would singing keep Alba from traveling? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

28. Would you want to watch your own death ahead of time? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

29. Who Killed Henry? ______________________________________________________________

30. Is it fair to Claire that he can keep coming back after he’s dead? Is it good for her to be able to see him or does it prevent her from moving on with her life? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

31. What type of time travel does Henry do? ____________________________________________

32. How can you tell? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________