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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 are Leslie and Richard celebrating at the beginning of Chapter 19?

2. What has Ronnie done since his death?

3. What animal comes out of the trees toward Leslie and Richard in the wilderness planet?

4. What do Leslie and Richard discover about Mashara?

5. What birds did Dave use to watch from the jetty?

Short Essay Questions

1. As Richard's alternate self, how is Krys described?

2. What symbol do Leslie and Richard see in the water that marks their entry back home?

3. What does Richard tell Dave, the line-boy, at Santa Monica airport about the Seabird?

4. What does Richard call Linda's planet?

5. What does Lorraine encourage Dave to do in these last months of his life?

6. How does Richard feel when they land in a bar?

7. What do Leslie and Richard remember that Pye told them about guiding themselves home?

8. What does Pye tell Leslie and Richard is the reason she left them to fly alone?

9. What is special about the restaurant that Leslie and Richard eat in after they arrive in Santa Monica?

10. How does Leslie influence Richard to focus and use his will to change the outcome of the crash?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pye says "When you love someone, when you know they're ready to learn and grow, you set them free." Discuss how Richard and Leslie learn and grow when Pye is not there acting as a shield for them. What experiences do they have that help them determine their destiny?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss how Leslie and Richard reunite after the plane crash. What do they have to believe in in order to get past the wall of Richard's grief? How is Leslie able to breach the wall and help Richard create a new reality?

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