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

2. What does Bach discover that Leslie has an uncanny memory for in their many conversations?

3. How would Bach's detailing of the women he was formerly involved with be described?

4. What does Bach read to Leslie in Chapter 15?

5. What does Bach convince himself of at the end of Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Shimoda tell Bach about meeting his soul mate?

7. How would the conversations between Bach and Leslie be described?

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

9. When Richard talks with Eleanor in Chapter 3, she is shocked. What shocks Eleanor?

10. What does Leslie tell Bach about her childhood?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 6, Bach talks about serenity and following one's heart. Write about at least four examples of Bach following his heart in the story. Be sure to support your answers with details from the story.

Essay Topic 2

Bach travels quite a bit throughout the story. Which trip is most meaningful or important to Bach? How and why? Give four details from the story to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 2, the author is writing a letter to himself about things that would have been useful twenty years ago. What are seven things Bach would have found useful twenty years ago and why would he have found each of these useful? Use details from the story to support your answer.

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