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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. The second male caller on the radio show brings the charge that Shimoda is somehow ____________.
(a) Stupid
(b) Insane
(c) Dangerous
(d) A prophet

2. What direction does Richard fly after the assassination of Shimoda?
(a) South
(b) North
(c) West
(d) East

3. What does not occur, even though the Fleet runs better than ever and does not kill any more bugs?
(a) Miracles
(b) Tragedies
(c) Death threats
(d) New students

4. Shimoda asks Richard if he can name anyone who _____________.
(a) Understands him
(b) Knows who Shimoda is
(c) Does live in this world
(d) Knows where Shimoda is

5. How is Shimoda killed in his plane?
(a) Set on fire
(b) Shot
(c) Stabbed
(d) Poisoned

Short Answer Questions

1. What is revealed in the shadow? What might this character be called?

2. The truth is that having what you want is not a matter of faith, but a matter of __________.

3. What is the name of the hardware store where Richard is shopping for plane parts?

4. Shimoda warns that people who will come to him with problems will not want ___________.

5. Shimoda says that Richard needs to be more __________ in his thinking.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Richard continue to do, though the outcome never changes?

2. What does Shimoda answer when Richard declares being a Master to be frustrating as hell?

3. What does Shimoda say about the talents and skills Richard and he have?

4. What happens when Richard is refueling his plane?

5. What does Richard ask Shimoda as they are eating at a cafe in Ryerson, Ohio?

6. What does Shimoda declare about humans in general? What are they capable of?

7. Describe the vision that Shimoda walks back with after walking toward the shadow?

8. What does the host of the Jeff Sykes Talk Show suggest about gypsy piloting?

9. What does the woman caller say about the idea of "doing what you want?"

10. What is the concise answer Richard gives to Shimoda's question from #45?

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