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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 Bach begin to lose motivation for at the end of Chapter 10?

2. What is the one reason Kathy was not Bach's soul mate?

3. What is the author writing as Chapter 2 begins?

4. How would Leslie and Bach's conversations throughout their relationship be described?

5. What does Bach realize about Leslie while they are playing chess?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Bach say flying is fun?

2. How does Bach know that Katherine is not his soul mate?

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

4. What makes the owner of the café in Florida look strangely at Bach in Chapter 2?

5. What does Leslie tell Bach about her childhood?

6. What does Bach's relationship with Donna help him see?

7. What troubling thing does Stan say about corruption?

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

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

10. What is Bach writing a letter to himself about in Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is the genre a memoir instead of autobiographical? Why does Bach choose to write in the first person instead of as a narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Bach is constantly in a search to find his soul mate. What might happen with Leslie and Bach's relationship if Bach becomes involved with another woman, after Leslie and Bach move in together?

Essay Topic 3

Do you think Bach will ever learn to appreciate music, even though he is continually quizzed by Leslie? Give three details from the story to support your answer.

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