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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 wonder if they are trapped in in Chapter 19?

2. What does Richard dislike about Dave?

3. What activity do Leslie and Richard undertake at Lake Healey?

4. What caused Hy's death?

5. What kind of restaurant does Leslie take Richard to on Robertson Boulevard?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Richard and Leslie reunite?

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

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

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

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

7. What are Air Games?

8. Describe Dave and Lorraine's physical appearance.

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

10. What does Richard call Linda's planet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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?

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