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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 Leslie after she conquers her fear?

2. What makes Richard see how perfect Leslie really is?

3. What did Bach say is obvious about the people he hired to manage his money?

4. Bach and Leslie have an argument about what in Chapter 27?

5. What difficult task is Bach forced to do alone after Leslie disappears into the trailer?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Leslie view a connection between personality and beauty?

2. What agreement have Bach and Leslie made regarding their relationship?

3. What is Bach's reaction to the ultimatum the IRS has issued regarding taxes?

4. As Bach and Leslie attempt to work out their relationship about what is Leslie determined?

5. What advice does the future Richard give the present day Richard?

6. How are Bach and Leslie's tastes in music different?

7. How does Bach feel about working out their relationship?

8. What do Leslie and Bach argue about in Chapter 27?

9. How did the tax fiasco begin?

10. What is irresponsible of Bach?

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 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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