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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard wish for Shimoda as Richard is sitting by his fire?

2. In response to the statement by the Master in #11, the greater being says that he has just learned that the path of happiness teaches each why they have chosen this ____________.

3. What does Shimoda say he can always do if Richard offers to pay him for advice or to help him with his engine troubles?

4. Richard truly believes he will find a __________ to help him.

5. Shimoda gives Richard a book that is apparently what Masters use in order to train themselves to become Masters. What is it called?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why is Shimoda suddenly furious with Richard about his question about the landing?

8. What is the non-miracle that Shimoda wants Richard to see?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Shimoda's plane is a unique one, one that Richard can not help but admire and desire.

Part 1: What kind of plane does Shimoda have?

Part 2: What is so special about Shimoda's plane?

Part 3: Why doesn't anyone besides Richard notice that Shimoda's plane is special?

Essay Topic 2

The theme of flying is symbolic in a number of ways in this story. The planes which fly are gypsy planes, unchecked and possibly illegal.

Part 1: Describe the idea of gypsy flying. What does it entail?

Part 2: How does the idea of flying relate to the idea of being a Messiah?

Part 3: What does flying symbolize to Richard during the story?

Essay Topic 3

The book Shimoda gives to Richard reveals as many questions as the answers it provides to a person who reads it.

Part 1: What might this Savior's Manual be akin to in real life? What books in real life might provide the same counsel?

Part 2: Why might Richard need to be given a book to learn from, rather than being taught what he needs to know?

Part 3: Why doesn't the book give direct answers to those who read it?

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