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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 happens to the compass after Leslie screams in Chapter 2?
(a) Spins.
(b) Cracks.
(c) Explodes.
(d) Falls off the instrument panel.

2. Where do Richard and Leslie try to land their plane at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Highway.
(b) Meadow.
(c) Airport runway.
(d) Ocean.

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

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

5. At the beginning of the novel, where do Richard and Leslie plan to meet scientific researchers?
(a) Palm Springs.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Spring Hill.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is William's Air Force base located?

3. What did the dog Richard had as a child like to eat?

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

5. What tourist industry does Ivan tell Leslie and Richard about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Leslie burn the sheaf of papers?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Leslie tell the young Leslie about her career as an actor?

7. Why is Leslie proud of her younger self?

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

9. Describe what happens when Richard and Leslie are flying and Richard bends down to fix the squawk box.

10. What do Leslie and Richard find on the mountainside they land on?

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