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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 ask his potential soul mate in Chapter 2?

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

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

4. What nickname does Leslie give Bach in Chapter 14?

5. What language does Bach teach Leslie to speak?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. As Bach is giving people chances to fly in his plane with him, why is he secretly disappointed?

3. Why does Bach sell his biplane?

4. Why does the thought that Leslie is a beautiful woman embarrass Bach?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 15, Leslie discusses her childhood with Bach. She tells him how she went from foster home to foster home after her parents divorced and her mother became ill. Write about how Leslie's childhood affected her personality and relationships as an adult. Give details from the story to support your answer. *

Essay Topic 2

What makes Bach think that Leslie is his soul mate? What are some things they have in common? What are their differences? Use at least four examples from the story to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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