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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 is Leslie's middle name?

2. What does Leslie suggest she and Richard do to learn more about Dave and his wife?

3. What happens when Mashara dies?

4. What does the air smell like in the wilderness planet?

5. What is the name of the line-boy who asks Richard if he needs fuel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Leslie and Richard jump out the plane?

2. Describe Linda's competitive nature.

3. What does Richard learn from his alternate self when he imagines talking with him?

4. Describe the setting of the wilderness planet.

5. What happens when Growly crashes into the water?

6. What does Pye tell Leslie and Richard is the reason she left them to fly alone?

7. What do Leslie and Richard remember that Pye told them about guiding themselves home?

8. What is special about the restaurant that Leslie and Richard eat in after they arrive in Santa Monica?

9. Who is Marshara?

10. What does Richard tell Dave, the line-boy, at Santa Monica airport about the Seabird?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Richard and Leslie's experience at the conference. Who do they find there? What ideas parallel their own experiences in spacetime? Why do Richard and Leslie agree to talk about their experience at the conference?

Essay Topic 2

Who is the idea fairy? How does she express to Leslie and Richard where ideas come from? How has she been an important influence in Richard and Leslie's lives?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how Richard tries to influence his younger self to quit the Air Force. What example does he use to support his argument that a pilot is left feeling the loss of all those he has killed. What does he say about the military leading young men on?

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