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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 city does Richard say the young Richard might drop a hydrogen bomb on?
2. What did Leslie give up as a young woman?
3. What kind of animal does Tatiana say "Hallo" to?
4. What is a subject that Richard says in Chapter 8 that he likes to read about?
5. What does Tatiana say when the sirens go off?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Richard tell the young man he talks with at William's Air Force base?
2. What does Pye tell Richard and Leslie about where they are?
3. Describe what happens when Richard and Leslie are flying and Richard bends down to fix the squawk box.
4. What is unusual about the experience Leslie and Richard have in Moscow?
5. What kinds of questions does the younger Richard ask the older Richard to answer in order to prove his identity?
6. Describe what happens when Richard and Leslie feel an earthquake.
7. Why does Leslie burn the sheaf of papers?
8. Why does Leslie enter the tent in the desert?
9. Describe the idea foundry.
10. What reassurance does Leslie give Richard about his advice to his younger self?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how Leslie and Richard reunite after the plane crash. What do they have to believe in in order to get past the wall of Richard's grief? How is Leslie able to breach the wall and help Richard create a new reality?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the importance of the Air Games in achieving a prosperous and peaceful world. What does the pilot Linda say about how her world decided to change? In what way did the Air Games become big business?
Essay Topic 3
What is the author's viewpoint about humanity's ability to keep the earth safe? How does he use the character of Mashara as a symbol of protector? What does it suggest that she is a computer?
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