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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 happens to Bernard after the blast?

2. What happens to Bernard as a toddler?

3. In Chapter Forty-Six, who does Leigh-Cheri refuse to see?

4. Where does Leigh-Cheri and Bernard live at the end of the story?

5. What happens to Chuck when Leigh-Cheri finally opens her window?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the "Red Beards" Bernard tells Leigh-Cheri about?

2. Why does the writer say his new typewriter will have to cope with letters, words and sentence structures that no other typewriter has ever had?

3. Why is Leigh-Cheri only permitted to tell a story when she visits Bernard in prison?

4. What does Leigh-Cheri begin to do while she is in her self-imposed solitary confinement?

5. How did Gulietta become queen of the Furstenberg-Barcalonas' homeland?

6. What mishaps do not endear Bernard to Queen Tilli?

7. What does Bernard think has happened to Leigh-Cheri after he awakens following the blast that set them free?

8. What happened that coincided with what looked to Leigh-Cheri, Bernard, and their companions to be a space ship flying by them?

9. What did Bernard do to his attorney when he learned he was not going to have a trial and would only finish his original sentence?

10. How do the authorities finally find Bernard to arrest him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Leigh-Cheri sell A'ben Fizel on the idea of building a pyramid? Wasn't it a far-fetched idea? Why did he agree, knowing the project would take a long time and a lot of money to complete? Was it a loving gesture or a business deal? What kind of relationship did they have? Were they in love or business partners with fringe benefits?

Essay Topic 2

What is the symbolism of the bedtime story that was read to Leigh-Cheri every night until she was fifteen?

Essay Topic 3

What leads Leigh-Cheri to use the metaphor of a smoker's lung as a naked virgin sacrificed into godfire? Why does she use this example? Explain her reasoning.

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