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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Richard and Leslie discuss letting Dickie know about ___________________________.
(a) their fights and marriage lessons.
(b) their plans to move.
(c) Richard's illness.
(d) the new baby.

2. What does Richard think is the secret of marriage?
(a) Never go to bed angry.
(b) Do what you think is right.
(c) Put your wife before your buddies.
(d) Your wife is always right.

3. Dickie suggests that there is probably a philosophy of bowling and ___________________ in addition to flight.
(a) gardening.
(b) painting.
(c) writing.
(d) sculpting.

4. Dickie is always in search of _________________.
(a) excitement.
(b) security.
(c) girls.
(d) money.

5. Leslie is afraid that Richard is going to teach Dickie to be _________________.
(a) greedy.
(b) selfish.
(c) aggressive.
(d) evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Richard tells Dickie that Dickie should become __________________.

2. Richard tells Dickie to let go of ____________________.

3. What does Richard notice about the land that Dickie brought Richard to in his mind?

4. Who changes Dickie's name to Dick after the death of his brother?

5. Richard tries to explain space-time to Dickie as if he were a/an _______________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Dickie and Richard at odds regarding security?

2. Explain some of the philosophies of life that Richard explains to Dickie such as space-time and the elements of the human experience.

3. What is Richard's perspective on the possibility of Dickie's leaving?

4. How does Richard use the metaphor of games to explain life to Dickie?

5. What name does Richard give for his religion when Dickie asks?

6. What does Richard now know that Bobby's death meant to him?

7. How does Richard use arithmetic to teach Dickie about life?

8. What advice does Richard give Dickie about handling life's challenges?

9. What example does Richard give regarding taking a risk and doing something you love as opposed to doing what other people may think of as stability?

10. What is the basis of the conversation between Richard and Dickie regarding good and evil?

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