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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. To her surprise, Shirley discovered that many religions believe in what?

2. When they visited the bookstore, what type of books did David recommend to Shirley?

3. What type of exercise did Shirley and David do together?

4. What was the name of the Spa where Katerina worked?

5. After that first encounter with Gerry in Stockholm, how many days passed where Shirley did not hear from him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Shirley interested in travel?

2. What did Shirley admire about her friend, David?

3. After Shirley's conversation with Gerry in Stockholm, she realized what about his character?

4. Why was Shirley fascinated by the idea of mediums?

5. Why did David take Shirley to the Bodhi Tree bookstore?

6. Why did Shirley feel embarrassment over her Academy Award nomination?

7. How did Katerina know about the medium in Stockholm?

8. How did Edgar Cayce discover he was a medium?

9. What special gift did Edgar Cayce have to offer as a medium?

10. When Gerry played in the water in Hawaii, Shirley felt sad that she was too stressed out to relax and enjoy herself. Why was she so tense?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Support or refute the following topic, citing examples from the text: When Shirley decided to get to the bottom of spirituality, she was willing to follow any path put before her.

Essay Topic 2

Shirley was attracted to the idea of reincarnation.

1) What is reincarnation and its purpose?

2) Why did the idea attract Shirley?

3) What actions did she take to explore the idea of past lives?

Essay Topic 3

Support or refute the following topic, citing examples from the text: Shirley was not successful in love because her career success was intimidating to men.

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