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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. 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

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

3. In what state do Richard and Shimoda have dinner at the start of the chapter?
(a) Ohio
(b) Illinois
(c) Indiana
(d) Wisconsin

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

5. What is rolled forward when Shimoda and his passenger eventually land at the field again?
(a) A buffet of food
(b) Another wheelchair
(c) A police buggy
(d) A new car

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shimoda tell Richard to do in relation to his troubles with clouds? Shimoda tells Richard to remove it from his __________.

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

3. Richard flees because he is unsure he will be __________ with Shimoda.

4. Richard says that being ___________ and finished is boring.

5. When the creature wants to let go of the river, others tell him that he will be killed faster by letting go than by __________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Richard dream about before he is awakened at 3:00 A.M., happy about the dream?

2. Why does Richard find it difficult to look at Shimoda too closely?

3. What does Richard have to say about life when eating dinner with Shimoda in Hammond, Wisconsin?

4. What does Shimoda say when Richard asks him why no one likes his pan-bread?

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

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

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

8. What does the book say about the idea of clouds and their impressions of the world?

9. What does Shimoda tell people they are in control of, though always in the parable format?

10. What does Shimoda tell Richard to do in order to vaporize clouds?

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