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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ivan encourage Leslie and Richard to do when the sirens go off?
(a) Come with him to safety.
(b) Go back to their world.
(c) Write to him when they get home.
(d) Keep an eye on his apartment.

3. Where do Richard and Leslie land in Chapter 11?
(a) Belgium.
(b) France.
(c) India.
(d) Moscow.

4. What does Ivan say Communists like?
(a) Americans.
(b) Money.
(c) Political autonomy.
(d) Capitalism.

5. Before Pye leaves Leslie and Richard in Chapter 8, what advice does she give them?
(a) Be cautious.
(b) Don't stray too far.
(c) Explore together.
(d) Stay safe.

6. What city vanishes when Richard is flying a plane at the beginning of the novel?
(a) San Diego.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Sacramento.

7. How many years ago does Richard say he and Leslie first met at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Sixteen years.
(b) Twelve years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Forty years.

8. What is the tent made of that Richard and Leslie see when they land in a desert?
(a) Plastic.
(b) Tree limbs and pine branches.
(c) Bark.
(d) Leather and cloth.

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

10. Why does Attila kill his guard?
(a) The guard disobeyed him.
(b) He is jealous.
(c) Because the guard cannot see Leslie and Richard.
(d) The guard called him a terrible name.

11. What is the name of the old man Richard and Leslie meet on the mountainside?
(a) Thomas Marshall.
(b) Jean-Paul Le Clerc.
(c) Anthony Robbins.
(d) Daniel Lichtenstein.

12. What does the younger Leslie do when she gets off an elevator in Chapter 3?
(a) Hurries toward her room.
(b) Decides to go back down the elevator.
(c) Stops and looks out the window.
(d) Goes to find a maid.

13. What does young Richard say he likes about flying fighter planes?
(a) Destroying targets.
(b) Glory.
(c) Flying through clouds.
(d) Bombing.

14. 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?

15. What is Leslie's maiden name?
(a) Jones.
(b) Smith.
(c) Fields.
(d) Parrish.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people might young Richard kill if he flies the plane that drops a hydrogen bomb in 1962?

2. What does the young Leslie's family think of her as stated in Chapter 6?

3. What are the men wearing who are guarding the tent in the desert?

4. What does Richard realize is part of him at the end of Chapter 9?

5. How much time does Richard estimate they have left to fly the plane when the fuel gauge is not working at the beginning of the novel?

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