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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leslie's younger self ask of Leslie in Chapter 5?
(a) For help.
(b) To find her father.
(c) A letter of recommendation.
(d) To give a message to her mother.

2. What is Leslie's maiden name?
(a) Jones.
(b) Fields.
(c) Smith.
(d) Parrish.

3. What is Pye wearing?
(a) Skirt and blouse.
(b) Long flowing printed skirt.
(c) Jeans and plaid shirt.
(d) Shorts and a tank top.

4. What does young Richard say he likes about flying fighter planes?
(a) Glory.
(b) Bombing.
(c) Flying through clouds.
(d) Destroying targets.

5. In what city is the seventeen-year-old Leslie giving a recital?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Boston.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) New York.

6. Where does Richard say he gets his ideas from?
(a) While hiking.
(b) From other people.
(c) From books.
(d) The sleep fairy.

7. What is a subject that Richard says in Chapter 8 that he likes to read about?
(a) Military history.
(b) Irish music.
(c) Cooking.
(d) E.S.P.

8. What does the young Leslie ask Leslie and Richard before they leave at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Whether she will get into the conservatory of her choice.
(b) What their ages are.
(c) If she will see them again.
(d) How old she will be when she marries Richard.

9. Why does Richard want to splash into the ocean to wash Growly off?
(a) He hopes the water will stain it blue.
(b) It has blood on it.
(c) The sea salt will make it shine.
(d) Symbolic cleansing.

10. What is the tent made of that Richard and Leslie see when they land in a desert?
(a) Plastic.
(b) Tree limbs and pine branches.
(c) Bark.
(d) Leather and cloth.

11. What form does Pye take in Chapter 7 when Leslie asks her what "higher perception" they could have chosen?
(a) Flower.
(b) Bird.
(c) Blue-white star.
(d) Ghost.

12. Why does Attila kill his guard?
(a) Because the guard cannot see Leslie and Richard.
(b) He is jealous.
(c) The guard disobeyed him.
(d) The guard called him a terrible name.

13. What nickname does Richard call Leslie in Chapter 8?
(a) Les.
(b) Snookums.
(c) Honey.
(d) Wookie.

14. How does Richard describe the factory he and Leslie land in?
(a) Cold and joyless.
(b) A beautiful place.
(c) Overtime in hell.
(d) Watery and moldy.

15. Before Pye leaves Leslie and Richard in Chapter 8, what advice does she give them?
(a) Stay safe.
(b) Be cautious.
(c) Explore together.
(d) Don't stray too far.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the couple that Leslie and Richard meet in Chapter 11 know they are Americans?

2. What does Attila the Hun try to do to Leslie when she is in the desert tent?

3. What happens to the compass after Leslie screams in Chapter 2?

4. Where do Richard and Leslie try to land their plane at the beginning of the novel?

5. What is "Growly"?

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