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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. Shimoda is learning how to _________________ in this chapter.

2. What is Richard's engine throwing less of at the start of this chapter?

3. Another caller says that Shimoda is a ____________, and Shimoda agrees with him.

4. Richard tells Shimoda as he is dying that he didn't think Shimoda had any ____________.

5. What is the character from the shadow wearing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Richard answer to Shimoda's question of how Richard can expect to impress the workday world when he runs around as a gypsy pilot?

2. When does Shimoda confess to feeling lonely in his life?

3. What does Richard conclude about Shimoda and his relationship to the world?

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

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

6. Why did Shimoda add the gore of a shotgun death?

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

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

9. When the woman caller demands to know how Shimoda can say the things he does, what does he respond?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Shimoda seems to work miracles during the story, even though they might not appear to be miracles to anyone but the ones to which they happen.

Part 1: Describe what happens with the old man and the 10-year-girl when they encounter Shimoda.

Part 2: Describe what happens with the man in the wheelchair when he encounters Shimoda.

Part 3: Why doesn't anyone notice these miracles as being miracles?

Essay Topic 2

The two main characters in this story - Richard and Shimoda - are the central focus of the story, even though this is a story about the idea of illusions.

Part 1: Describe the character of Richard at the start of the story.

Part 2: Describe the character of Shimoda.

Part 3: How do each of the characters change during the course of the story?

Essay Topic 3

The idea of magnetizing is another lesson that Richard needs to learn as he is becoming a master.

Part 1: Describe the idea of magnetizing.

Part 2: Describe Richard's first attempt at magnetizing.

Part 3: What does Shimoda say Richard should have done in order to make Richard's magnetizing attempt more successful?

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