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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. How does Richard describe the factory he and Leslie land in?
(a) Cold and joyless.
(b) Watery and moldy.
(c) Overtime in hell.
(d) A beautiful place.

2. Where does Richard think they have landed at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) South America.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) China.
(d) Australia.

3. What nickname does Richard call Leslie in Chapter 8?
(a) Snookums.
(b) Wookie.
(c) Les.
(d) Honey.

4. What is a subject that Richard says in Chapter 8 that he likes to read about?
(a) Cooking.
(b) E.S.P.
(c) Irish music.
(d) Military history.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does young Richard say he likes about flying fighter planes?

2. What kind of radio-controlled bird models are in the younger Richard's hotel room?

3. What does Richard say he was once terrified of in Chapter 1?

4. When there are sirens going off, what does Ivan take from the closet?

5. What does Ivan say Communists like?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happens when Richard and Leslie feel an earthquake.

2. How did Tink influence Richard psychically regarding his first novel?

3. How do Richard and Leslie feel when Pye leaves them to fly alone?

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

5. Why does Leslie burn the sheaf of papers?

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

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

8. What does Pye tell Richard and Leslie about where they are?

9. What important concept does Richard think about on the mountainside after Le Clerc has left them alone?

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

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