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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is rolled forward when Shimoda and his passenger eventually land at the field again?
(a) A buffet of food
(b) A police buggy
(c) Another wheelchair
(d) A new car

2. What does Richard wish for Shimoda as Richard is sitting by his fire?
(a) That he find peace
(b) That he gets whatever he wants
(c) That he fuels his plane
(d) The he gets to Heaven

3. Richard tells Shimoda he will give him his plane because Richard believes one day he will not need it in order to _______.
(a) Travel
(b) Feel good
(c) Fly
(d) Make money

4. Who does the Master pray to as he begins to feel fatigued by his work as the Messiah?
(a) The Blessed Boss
(b) The Infinite
(c) God
(d) The Infinite Radiant Is

5. Choosing a different _________ boggles Richard's mind.
(a) Attitude
(b) Past
(c) Future
(d) Present

6. What does Shimoda say he can always do if Richard offers to pay him for advice or to help him with his engine troubles?
(a) Run away
(b) Turn him down
(c) Laugh
(d) Disappear

7. The world, the book says, is one's ________ book rather than reality.
(a) Lesson
(b) Guide
(c) Exercise
(d) Dream

8. What do people say, according to Shimoda, in order to avoid responsibility?
(a) I've got responsibilities
(b) I can't
(c) I'm too busy
(d) I am too important

9. Richard begins to wonder, "If life is illusion, why _______?"
(a) Live
(b) Bother
(c) Believe in anything
(d) Me

10. The book says the true family is linked not by ___________ but by respect and joy in one another's lives.
(a) Name
(b) Blood
(c) Location
(d) History

11. Shimoda tells Richard he once ___________ in front of 25,000 eyewitnesses, which is why he's always on the move.
(a) Died and rose again
(b) Disappeared
(c) Brought someone back to life
(d) Multiplied wine

12. What kind of eyes does Richard think Shimoda has as he first sees him sitting underneath his plane?
(a) Hawk's
(b) Cat's
(c) Tiger's
(d) Jesus'

13. Richard cannot ______ clouds during attempts he makes between taking passengers up in his plane.
(a) Vaporize
(b) Destroy
(c) Move
(d) Reform

14. When the creature wants to let go of the river, others tell him that he will be killed faster by letting go than by __________.
(a) Boredom
(b) Ignorance
(c) Muscle fatigue
(d) Stupidity

15. What does Shimoda make come back to life as Richard asks where they will fly today?
(a) A dead bird
(b) His plane
(c) Smashed bug
(d) A dead flower

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard do in order to keep from thinking while he is sitting out by the fire?

2. Over what city in Indiana is Richard flying when Chapter 2 begins?

3. What kinds of stories does the Messiah tell to the crowds who follow him from place to place?

4. The book says that clouds do not know why they _____ as they do.

5. Who is the person who is terrified of heights?

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