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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Pye say that Richard and Leslie need in order to get back home?

3. In what city is the seventeen-year-old Leslie giving a recital?

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

5. What was the name of Richard's dog when he was a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the idea foundry.

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe Attila the Hun's reasons for his violent behavior.

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

9. What does Leslie tell young Richard about when they will meet?

10. How do Richard and Leslie try to explain their experience when Los Angeles disappears?

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