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

2. Richard feels _______ at the healing of the man who seems to deserve it.
(a) Confusion
(b) Joy
(c) Ignored
(d) Understanding

3. What always accompanies gifts, according to the book Richard was given by Shimoda?
(a) Death
(b) Problems
(c) Mysteries
(d) Children

4. Even the best movie is ______________, according to Shimoda.
(a) A lesson
(b) A chance to escape responsibility
(c) A farce
(d) An illusion

5. ___________ cares noting about human illusions and games and knows only itself and humans in its perfect, finished likeness.
(a) Shimoda
(b) Jesus
(c) The Is
(d) God

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard do in order to keep from thinking while he is sitting out by the fire?

2. Richard cannot picture Jesus returning to being a _____________.

3. What section does Richard read about first when he is given the book by Shimoda?

4. What kind of eyes does Richard think Shimoda has as he first sees him sitting underneath his plane?

5. Richard tells Shimoda he will give him his plane because Richard believes one day he will not need it in order to _______.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Shimoda's bosses ask him to leave the auto repair shop where he initially works?

2. What happens when Shimoda tosses Richard a wrench as they are working on the engine?

3. What do gypsy fliers need in order to fly their planes and to land them in the fields?

4. What does Richard do in order to stop himself from thinking?

5. What does Richard do in order to readjust to the loneliness of not having Shimoda around?

6. What are two names Shimoda admits to being representative of who he really is?

7. What passage can Shimoda not recall as Richard is flipping through the section on Perspective?

8. What is the passage Shimoda shares with Richard after the situation that occurs in #19?

9. Why is Shimoda suddenly furious with Richard about his question about the landing?

10. What does Richard see for the first time in years when he is flying over Ferris, Indiana?

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