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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. What does Richard realize is part of him at the end of Chapter 9?

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

3. Where does Richard think they have landed at the beginning of Chapter 10?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why is Leslie proud of her younger self?

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

10. Where are Richard and Leslie flying to when their world changes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of violence in this novel. Does Richard have past lifetimes of living in a violent way? How so? In what ways has he evolved?

Essay Topic 2

What is the author's viewpoint about humanity's ability to keep the earth safe? How does he use the character of Mashara as a symbol of protector? What does it suggest that she is a computer?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Richard and Leslie's experience at the conference. Who do they find there? What ideas parallel their own experiences in spacetime? Why do Richard and Leslie agree to talk about their experience at the conference?

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