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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says, "We have some required courses: Survival, Nourishment, and Shelter."
(a) Richard.
(b) Pye.
(c) Leslie.
(d) Leslie's mother.

2. What does Attila the Hun try to do to Leslie when she is in the desert tent?
(a) Kill her.
(b) Make her dance.
(c) Fight with her.
(d) Silence her by taping her mouth.

3. In what city is the seventeen-year-old Leslie giving a recital?
(a) Boston.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) New York.

4. What question does Richard ask Attila that makes him act violently?
(a) Why are you so frightened?
(b) How do we get out of here?
(c) Where can we stay the night?
(d) Where are the nicer tents?

5. Who does Richard have to fight to defend Leslie in the desert?
(a) Attila.
(b) Human guard.
(c) Emperor.
(d) Ghost of guard.

6. What color sport coat is the younger Richard wearing in the hotel when Richard talks with him?
(a) Green.
(b) Black.
(c) Brown.
(d) Camel-colored.

7. What does Pye suggest created Richard and Leslie's time changes?
(a) Electronics.
(b) Serendipity.
(c) Magic.
(d) Belief in time travel.

8. How many minutes are Richard and Leslie from their destination when the novel begins?
(a) Fifteen minutes.
(b) One hour.
(c) Thirty minutes.
(d) Six hours.

9. What does Tink give Leslie and Richard after they land the seaplane?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Boots.
(c) Hard hats.
(d) Gloves.

10. How many people might young Richard kill if he flies the plane that drops a hydrogen bomb in 1962?
(a) Thirteen hundred.
(b) Twenty thousand.
(c) Nine hundred thousand.
(d) Sixty thousand.

11. In what government agency does Ivan work?
(a) Aviation.
(b) Labor.
(c) Budget.
(d) Environment.

12. Where does Richard say he gets his ideas from?
(a) From other people.
(b) The sleep fairy.
(c) From books.
(d) While hiking.

13. What did Leslie give up as a young woman?
(a) Dating older men.
(b) Sweets.
(c) Music.
(d) Playing sports.

14. What reason does Richard give for not wanting to enter the tent in the desert?
(a) He thinks he's made a mistake.
(b) The seaplane is sinking.
(c) Pye is trying to get them back to another dimension.
(d) He'd rather visit with Tink.

15. What is the man doing that Richard and Leslie see in the mountains?
(a) Washing his clothes in a stream.
(b) Cooking food over a campfire.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Praying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Hollywood studio did Leslie work at in 1962?

2. What is a subject that Richard says in Chapter 8 that he likes to read about?

3. What is the word for one of the core ideas that Atkins describes to Richard and Leslie?

4. What gift does Leslie have that Pye says she blocked from her mind as a young child?

5. Who is Tink?

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