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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Longer Now.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator see as he continues to run from the gunfire?
(a) He sees some armed civilians.
(b) He sees Peruvian troops.
(c) He sees Dobson fall.
(d) He sees a church door open.

2. What happens while the narrator is running away?
(a) He runs behind a bus and disappears.
(b) He feels the wind of pullets past his ears.
(c) A man stops him and takes him to a safe house.
(d) He loses one of his shoes.

3. Why is Dobson returning to Peru?
(a) To prove the Manuscript is wrong.
(b) To find more Insights.
(c) To look for the priest.
(d) To challenge the government.

4. Who is the man who rescues the Narrator?
(a) Wayne Dobson
(b) Police sergeat Ortiz
(c) Father Sanchez
(d) Wilson James

5. What does the narrator promise Charlene?
(a) to see her safely on her flight
(b) to call and write often
(c) to tell his friends about the Manuscript
(d) to check deeper into the Manuscript.

Short Answer Questions

1. What coincidence happens when the narrator gets up to go to the restroom?

2. What will the restlessness cause people to do?

3. What does the narrator learn about the priest Charlene met once?

4. What does the historian say should be more important than studying actions in the past?

5. Why is the narrator unable to relax on the plane to Peru?

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