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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "We have some required courses: Survival, Nourishment, and Shelter."

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

3. What does Tatiana say when the sirens go off?

4. How do the couple that Leslie and Richard meet in Chapter 11 know they are Americans?

5. What city vanishes when Richard is flying a plane at the beginning of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Leslie rely on her intuition?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how both Richard and Leslie positively influence their alternate selves. What important things do they help them understand so they can make better choices? Provide specific textual examples to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

What are two important symbols of this novel? Discuss the ways they are used in the story and the meaning they convey.

Essay Topic 3

Who is the idea fairy? How does she express to Leslie and Richard where ideas come from? How has she been an important influence in Richard and Leslie's lives?

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