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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 birds did Dave use to watch from the jetty?

2. What does Richard call Dave when he hears him complaining about Richard's book?

3. What kind of car does Richard drive after Leslie's death?

4. What is the sport called that the fighter planes are competing in?

5. What does Hy tell Leslie when she says she has to get back to Richard?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Leslie encounter in the afterlife?

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

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

4. Who is Marshara?

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

6. What does Leslie realize might be one more test or challenge in the pattern?

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

8. Describe the setting of the wilderness planet.

9. What promise does Leslie ask Richard to make if she dies first?

10. Describe Dave and Lorraine's physical appearance.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Richard tries to influence his younger self to quit the Air Force. What example does he use to support his argument that a pilot is left feeling the loss of all those he has killed. What does he say about the military leading young men on?

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

What do Leslie and Richard's spacetime travels show us about choice and destiny? Do their experiences suggest they can create a different reality just by making different choices? How so? Use textual examples to support your ideas.

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