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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 suggest she and Richard do to learn more about Dave and his wife?

2. What does Dave's wife want to get him for their anniversary?

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

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

5. What style jacket does the line-boy wear?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who does Leslie encounter in the afterlife?

5. What happens when Growly crashes into the water?

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

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

8. How do Richard and Leslie reunite?

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

10. What are Air Games?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

What is the meaning of the title of this novel? How do Richard and Leslie experience themselves as being one with others? Provide specific textual examples to support your ideas.

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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