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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 is the condition of Shimoda's clothes after they have swum in the land?
(a) Dirty
(b) Spotless
(c) Torn and mussed
(d) Missing

2. Shimoda says many beginners do ___________ in their sleep.
(a) Lessons
(b) Miracles
(c) Nothing
(d) Spirtual growth mantras

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

4. Richard cannot ______ clouds during attempts he makes between taking passengers up in his plane.
(a) Reform
(b) Move
(c) Destroy
(d) Vaporize

5. What does Richard realize about his attempts with the clouds? He is making things __________.
(a) Too hard
(b) Up
(c) Too easy
(d) That don't matter

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many points is the landing that Shimoda makes, impressing Richard?

3. What do the crowds that follow the Messiah call him, besides "Messiah" and "Master?"

4. Richard gets annoyed with Shimoda and his discussions because everything Richard says is ___________.

5. What is different about this book that Richard notices when he opens up the pages and flips around?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What message from the book does Richard think does not apply to him?

3. What does Richard answer when Shimoda asks him why he is at the movie?

4. What did Donald W. Shimoda retire from being, according to the beginning of the story?

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

6. What leaves Richard dumbfounded after he tries to impress Shimoda with a show-off landing?

7. Describe the character of Donald Shimoda.

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

9. What does Shimoda assure Richard about the training to be a Messiah?

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

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