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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 Leslie see Richard dragging to the surface of the water after the plane crashes in the ocean?

2. What is the name of the line-boy who asks Richard if he needs fuel?

3. What does Richard say that Dave and his wife have taught him and Leslie?

4. What do Leslie and Richard discover about Mashara?

5. What happens when Mashara dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Richard learn from his alternate self when he imagines talking with him?

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

3. How did Leslie and Richard experience the passage of time differently when Leslie was dead?

4. Who does Leslie encounter in the afterlife?

5. What do Leslie and Richard learn from eavesdropping on Lorraine and Dave?

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

7. Describe Linda's competitive nature.

8. How does Richard's alternate self make an important change in his life after his wife leaves him?

9. How does Leslie react to seeing the new media center?

10. Where do Leslie and Richard land when they jump out of the plane?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kind of relationship do Leslie and Richard have at the beginning of the novel? How does it deepen and strengthen as they share a spacetime journey? In what way does their relationship change after they are reunited?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how the theme of love is used in this novel to transform characters and their lives. What opportunities does love open up to them? How does love provide the answers they seek?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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