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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. Masochists, crocodile god worshipers, and would-be martyrs prove the _________ does not work.
(a) Truth
(b) Bible
(c) Magnetizing
(d) Golden Rule

2. Shimoda tests Richard by questioning his value as a part of society when he runs around as a ____________.
(a) Freeloader
(b) Rebel
(c) Gypsy pilot
(d) Disciple

3. What instrument is actually playing the song that Richard hears in the hardware store?
(a) Bassoon
(b) Piano
(c) Guitar
(d) Drum

4. The male caller believes he is free to come over to the station and ________________.
(a) Blow off Shimoda's head
(b) Protest Shimoda
(c) Complain to the station manager
(d) Talk to Shimoda

5. What does Shimoda vanish through, just as Richard is beginning to understand the lesson of the wall?
(a) The door
(b) The ground
(c) Orange brick wall
(d) The clouds

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state is the cafe where Richard and Shimoda dine during Chapter 14?

2. Shimoda advises Richard to _________ in reference to his feelings in question #143.

3. Shimoda tells the woman on the phone that he does not know it, but finds it fun ___________.

4. The book tells Richard after Shimoda dies that, "Everything in this book may be ___________."

5. Shimoda says he only gets ____________ if he feels like it.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Shimoda announce is the reason for Richard being here?

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

3. Why is the song from Richard's boyhood such a strange occurrence?

4. What does Shimoda think is a great way to run the universe?

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

6. How does Richard respond to Shimoda's warning that he will lose 90% of his audience if he is not short?

7. What is Richard doing when he overhears his boyhood favorite song, Greensleeves?

8. What is the question Richard then formulates when he begins to do the thing which is the answer to #33?

9. Why does Richard dream about airplanes when he is sleeping?

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

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