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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. Who is Stan?

2. Bach becomes frightened when he hears a noise. What does this noise turn out to be?

3. Which woman has been the closest to being Bach's soul mate?

4. Where does Bach go to think about and recover from the shock of his phone call to the bank?

5. After Bach spends years focusing on the spiritual side of life, who or what brings Bach back to reality?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bach realize as he waits for Leslie to park the car at the airport?

2. How do the nicknames Bach and Leslie have given each other begin to foreshadow a possible relationship between them?

3. What does Bach say about mistakes in Chapter 11?

4. When does Bach say flying is fun?

5. How does Bach start to take notice of Leslie in a new way after they eat ice cream together?

6. What does Leslie tell Bach about her childhood?

7. Describe the setting of "The Bridge Across Forever".

8. What does Kathy want when she calls Bach in Chapter 15?

9. What does Leslie help Bach realize about his high school English teacher?

10. Why does Bach feel he needs to hire a full-time financial manager?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think of Bach's relationship with his spiritual guide? Do you believe that Bach's spiritual guide is a figment of Bach's imagination or is actually real? Give three examples from the story to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

There is an old cliché, "Don't judge a book by its cover." In "The Bridge Across Forever" Bach says "Because we believe the surface, we forget that surfaces aren't who we are. When we find an angel dazzling of mind, her face grows lovelier still." How does this quote from Bach, exemplify the relationship between Bach and Leslie? Be sure to support your answer with details from the story.

Essay Topic 3

Leslie comments that "dealing with a straightforward snake is better than dealing with the IRS." What does she mean by this?

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