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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Shimoda asks Richard if giving three dollar _____ will teach him what he wants to know.
(a) Talks
(b) Rides
(c) Hops
(d) Lessons

2. Shimoda cautions Richard that he should not get __________ attached to his attempts with the clouds.
(a) Strongly
(b) Negatively
(c) Positively
(d) Instantly

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

4. What do gypsy fliers need in addition to a long, smooth, close-cut field near a town?
(a) An access road
(b) A hangar
(c) A set of tools
(d) Permisssion fo the mayor

5. What do the crowds that follow the Messiah call him, besides "Messiah" and "Master?"
(a) Blessed man
(b) Miracle worker
(c) Anti-christ
(d) Jesus

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

7. People are unhappy because they choose ____________.
(a) To see life's illusions as real.
(b) To see the negative side
(c) Poorly
(d) To be unhappy

8. The mind, or imagination, is life's _____________, according to Richard's observations.
(a) Writer
(b) Director
(c) Cast
(d) Projector

9. Shimoda says: Once one learns what the world is and how it works, one _________ performs so-called miracles.
(a) Tries and
(b) Automatically
(c) Always
(d) Then

10. What does Shimoda say in response to Richard's question of how Shimoda found him?
(a) He says nothing
(b) Like attracts like
(c) He followed him
(d) Richard was being too loud

11. 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) Disappear
(b) Run away
(c) Turn him down
(d) Laugh

12. What does the Messiah say to the greater being when he is sorry he has let it go this long?
(a) I'm overjoyed
(b) I'm leaving
(c) I'm ashamed
(d) I quit

13. Richard dreams about a ___________ of humanity pouring against a man.
(a) Sap
(b) Throng
(c) Wine
(d) Flood

14. What does Richard think is trying to replace his own thinking, thus he tells himself not to listen to it?
(a) Society
(b) Others
(c) Shimoda
(d) The book

15. From what state does the Master in question in this book emerge?
(a) Illinois
(b) Michigan
(c) Ohio
(d) Indiana

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shimoda say he wants Richard to witness as they are in an isolated field on the Illinois-Indiana state line?

2. The Master asks what the people would do if God were to command them to _______.

3. Richard notices that Shimoda's plane is better than ________ fresh. It has no dust, scratches, patches, or any wear and tear.

4. Richard just wants to become a _____________ of the World of Illusion.

5. Richard begins to wonder, "If life is illusion, why _______?"

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