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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. When Leslie and Richard land in a new universe in Chapter 13, what color is the sun and sky?

2. What promise does Leslie make Richard keep?

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

4. What does Leslie have to unlock in the plane in Chapter 20?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the setting of the wilderness planet.

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

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

5. Why do Leslie and Richard jump out the plane?

6. Who is Marshara?

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

8. What are Air Games?

9. Who does Leslie encounter in the afterlife?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Leslie's sense of adventure with Richard's. How is she the more adventurous one? Do her alternate selves also have this same adventurous quality? In what way?

Essay Topic 3

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

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