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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the feeling Richard continues to have when in the presence of Shimoda?
(a) Calmness
(b) Happiness
(c) Dread
(d) Anger

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

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

4. What does Shimoda tell Richard to do in relation to his troubles with clouds? Shimoda tells Richard to remove it from his __________.
(a) Reality
(b) Book
(c) Plane
(d) Thinking

5. What does Richard cook when he wakes up in the morning next to his plane?
(a) Pan-bread
(b) Eggs
(c) Pancakes
(d) Wheat bread

6. Shimoda admits to letting the crowd at Troy get to him because he admits to being a _________.
(a) Performer
(b) Weak man
(c) Ham
(d) Fool

7. In response to the statement by the Master in #11, the greater being says that he has just learned that the path of happiness teaches each why they have chosen this ____________.
(a) Path
(b) Duty
(c) World
(d) Lifetime

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

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

10. What kind of plane makes Richard land his plane in order to get a better look?
(a) Forager
(b) Fleeting
(c) Travel Air
(d) Fleet

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

12. What does Richard realize about Shimoda's plane at about 3:00 P.M. as they are beginning to head out?
(a) It is still clean
(b) It is gone
(c) It has not moved
(d) He has not refueled

13. What is the reason Richard gives for going to the movie? He wants to see _________.
(a) The importance of the movie
(b) The ending
(c) Other people's reactions
(d) The stars

14. At the same time, Richard is ________ what will happen when Shimoda and the healed man land again.
(a) Ignored by
(b) Curious of
(c) Afraid of
(d) Excited by

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Master go once his bosses as khim to leave the job noted in #2?

2. Richard cannot ______ clouds during attempts he makes between taking passengers up in his plane.

3. Shimoda says he knows past, present, and future, but he has no ___________.

4. What does Shimoda make come back to life as Richard asks where they will fly today?

5. Shimoda says that his landing can be explained by the simple statement that the world and everything in it are ____________.

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