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

2. What is another name used for Attila the Hun?
(a) Et-Alah.
(b) 'Tila.
(c) At-tila.
(d) Atti.

3. 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) Goes to find a maid.
(d) Stops and looks out the window.

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

5. What does the young Leslie ask Leslie and Richard before they leave at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) If she will see them again.
(b) What their ages are.
(c) How old she will be when she marries Richard.
(d) Whether she will get into the conservatory of her choice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ivan encourage Leslie and Richard to do when the sirens go off?

2. Who is Pye?

3. What happens to the compass after Leslie screams in Chapter 2?

4. What does Attila the Hun try to do to Leslie when she is in the desert tent?

5. Who is Phil Mizenhalter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Leslie enter the tent in the desert?

2. Why does Leslie burn the sheaf of papers?

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

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

5. How does Leslie get Richard to agree to stay in their alternate universe?

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

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

8. Describe the idea foundry.

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

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

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