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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 Ronnie tell Leslie about his accident and death?

2. What caused Hy's death?

3. What instructions does a voice tell Richard to follow in Chapter 12?

4. What is the name of Richard's alternate self in Chapter 12?

5. What does Richard call Dave when he hears him complaining about Richard's book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the setting of the wilderness planet.

2. What do Leslie and Richard learn from eavesdropping on Lorraine and Dave?

3. What symbol do Leslie and Richard see in the water that marks their entry back home?

4. How does Richard's alternate self make an important change in his life after his wife leaves him?

5. What promise does Leslie ask Richard to make if she dies first?

6. How did Leslie and Richard experience the passage of time differently when Leslie was dead?

7. What happens when Growly crashes into the water?

8. Describe Linda's competitive nature.

9. Where do Leslie and Richard land when they jump out of the plane?

10. What does Leslie realize might be one more test or challenge in the pattern?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the importance of Pye's character in this novel. What role does she play and what do Richard and Leslie think of her? How do they feel about flying without her?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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