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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once Richard believes he is a ______, he will, indeed, be one.
(a) Master
(b) Student
(c) Prophet
(d) Spiritual creature

2. Richard truly believes he will find a __________ to help him.
(a) Teacher
(b) Guru
(c) God
(d) Religion

3. What kinds of stories does the Messiah tell to the crowds who follow him from place to place?
(a) Parables
(b) Children's stories
(c) Fairy tales
(d) Poems

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

5. What city are Richard and Shimoda in when Richard begins to sense tension in the air?
(a) Omaha
(b) Chicago
(c) Bloomington
(d) Troy

6. What is the longer title for the book that Shimoda gives to Richard when he asks about how to train to become a Master? Messiah's Manual & Reminders for the _____________.
(a) Trainee Master
(b) Richards of the World
(c) Advanced Souls
(d) Curious

7. What does Richard call the movement of the time period in which people are turning from the material to the spiritual?
(a) Motion of the wind
(b) Motion of our souls
(c) Motion of our minds
(d) Motion of our time

8. What does the man in the wheelchair do that makes the scene look staged, according to Richard?
(a) Runs to the cockpit
(b) Dances a jig
(c) Shakily walks to the plane
(d) Flies from his seat

9. Richard cannot picture Jesus returning to being a _____________.
(a) Family man
(b) Pilot
(c) Carpenter
(d) Messiah

10. What does Richard realize about his attempts with the clouds? He is making things __________.
(a) Too easy
(b) That don't matter
(c) Too hard
(d) Up

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

12. Who refuses to fly when they arrive at Shimoda and Richard's setup area?
(a) A 10-year-old girl
(b) The grandfather
(c) A man in a wheelchair
(d) The woman in the hat

13. Shimoda says no one else likes Richard's breakfast choice because only Richard believes it _________.
(a) Is healthy
(b) Tastes good
(c) To be there
(d) Isn't burnt

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

15. One never receives a __________ without the power to make it true - with work.
(a) Dream
(b) Desire
(c) Gift
(d) Wish

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of plane makes Richard land his plane in order to get a better look?

2. Shimoda tells Richard he once ___________ in front of 25,000 eyewitnesses, which is why he's always on the move.

3. Whose permission does a gypsy flier need to have in order to land in a certain location?

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

5. What movie does Shimoda suggest they go to see when they are done with their dinner?

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