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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Richard think about as he jumps off the mountain to paraglide?
(a) The lesson that paragliding would be for Dickie.
(b) How strong the wind is.
(c) Where he will land.
(d) Where his friends are.

2. What does Richard want to tell Dickie in Chapter 6?
(a) That he needs to eat his vegetables.
(b) That he should study harder.
(c) That baseball is the best sport.
(d) That everything will be all right.

3. What is Richard's profession?
(a) Writer.
(b) Photographer.
(c) Sculptor.
(d) Publisher.

4. Shepherd states that time is ______________________.
(a) fleeting.
(b) just across the street.
(c) timeless.
(d) elusive.

5. What promise does Richard not remember making to his younger self?
(a) To write a book.
(b) To get a Master's Degree.
(c) To get married.
(d) To travel the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard see from the air that the adult brain says it could not reasonably survive?

2. Richard thinks it is important to ______________________.

3. What does Dickie do when he sees Richard in his thoughts?

4. When explaining the different levels that make up his whole being, Richard tells Dickie that he envisions himself as ______________________.

5. How old was Richard when his brother died?

(see the answer key)

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