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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. What does Richard wish for Shimoda as Richard is sitting by his fire?
(a) That he fuels his plane
(b) That he find peace
(c) That he gets whatever he wants
(d) The he gets to Heaven

2. What does Shimoda think people only want from him or from other Masters and Messiahs?
(a) Miracles
(b) Money
(c) Redemption
(d) Easy fixes

3. For how many years has the man in the wheelchair been in his current state?
(a) 10
(b) 2
(c) 1
(d) 11

4. Shimoda cannot recall this passage about being a Messiah involving _________.
(a) A horrible death
(b) So much work
(c) Being famous
(d) Teaching

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Shimoda says: Once one learns what the world is and how it works, one _________ performs so-called miracles.

3. Where does the Master, as referenced in the title, originally have a job when he is found to be a Messiah?

4. What is the reason Richard gives for going to the movie? He wants to see _________.

5. What city are Richard and Shimoda in when Richard begins to sense tension in the air?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Shimoda say to Richard's question about the pages in the book not being numbered?

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

3. Why hasn't returning to normal life been easy for Shimoda?

4. When Richard cannot vaporize clouds, what does he realize about the process?

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

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

7. Describe the story the Messiah uses in order to answer the millworker's objection that the Master does not have to work.

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

9. What does Shimoda give to Richard when Richard asks how Shimoda can know so much and how he can learn about being a Messiah?

10. What does Shimoda claim to Richard when they first meet?

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