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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leslie's younger self ask of Leslie in Chapter 5?
(a) To find her father.
(b) A letter of recommendation.
(c) To give a message to her mother.
(d) For help.

2. What does Atkin say an idea needs in order to change the world?
(a) Charm.
(b) Skill.
(c) Hope.
(d) Luck.

3. What Hollywood studio did Leslie work at in 1962?
(a) Paramount.
(b) Warner Brothers.
(c) Walt Disney Studios.
(d) Twentieth Century-Fox.

4. What runs through Leslie's body in the hotel hallway?
(a) Towel.
(b) A glass.
(c) Maid's cart.
(d) Cat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What city does Richard say the young Richard might drop a hydrogen bomb on?

2. What is Leslie's maiden name?

3. What does Pye suggest created Richard and Leslie's time changes?

4. What book did Richard write as a first-time novelist?

5. How many years ago does Richard say he and Leslie first met at the end of Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where are Richard and Leslie flying to when their world changes?

2. What reassurance does Leslie give Richard about his advice to his younger self?

3. What kinds of questions does the younger Richard ask the older Richard to answer in order to prove his identity?

4. What is unusual about the experience Leslie and Richard have in Moscow?

5. What does Richard tell the young man he talks with at William's Air Force base?

6. Describe the idea foundry.

7. Describe how Richard and Leslie learn that Tink is the idea fairy.

8. What are Richard and Leslie confronted with in the hotel?

9. Describe the conflict between the younger Leslie and her mother.

10. Why does Richard tell his younger self about his role in bombing Kiev?

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