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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Richard recalls meeting a woman who could _________________________.
(a) read his mind.
(b) make him cry.
(c) tell great jokes.
(d) make a souffle.

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

3. What does Dickie do when he sees Richard in his thoughts?
(a) Slaps him.
(b) Shoots him.
(c) Screams.
(d) Faints.

4. Who is Shepherd?
(a) A ski instructor.
(b) A physician.
(c) A teaching angel.
(d) A barista.

5. What does Richard see from the air that the adult brain says it could not reasonably survive?
(a) Geese.
(b) Coyote.
(c) Bear.
(d) Deer.

6. What name does Dickie now want to be called?
(a) Captain.
(b) Chairman.
(c) Sir.
(d) Prince.

7. What does Richard respond when Dickie asks Richard's age?
(a) Numbers are not important.
(b) Older than Methuselah.
(c) Older than dirt.
(d) Old enough to know better.

8. When Richard returns home in Chapter 11, he feels as if he is acting ____________________.
(a) childishly.
(b) angrily.
(c) coyly.
(d) petulantly.

9. When Richard is trying to find Dickie, Richard's mind is described as ___________________.
(a) a whirling dervish.
(b) a kaleidoscope.
(c) a desolate landscape.
(d) a cloudless sky.

10. Which of the following is NOT addressed in RUNNING FROM SAFETY: AN ADVENTURE OF THE SPIRIT?
(a) Terror attacks.
(b) Meaning of life.
(c) Facing one's fears.
(d) Religion.

11. Where is the angel at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) He is by Richard's side.
(b) He has disappeared.
(c) He is walking behind Richard.
(d) He is watching Richard from above.

12. In Chapter 19, where are Richard and Leslie preparing to go?
(a) A formal party.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) Work.
(d) A movie.

13. What does Richard's wife think about Dickie?
(a) She thinks Dickie is a great character for a movie.
(b) She thinks Richard should not dwell on the past.
(c) She thinks Richard should connect with him.
(d) She thinks Richard has gone off the deep end.

14. Richard recalls a fear of ___________________ as a boy.
(a) cats.
(b) flying.
(c) singing.
(d) climbing up the water tank.

15. Shepherd asks Richard to sign a book for whom?
(a) Ray.
(b) Dickie.
(c) His son.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Even though Richard tells Dickie that he did not mean to lock Dickie away, Dickie ______________________.

2. What large item does Richard ask Dickie to recall?

3. Over what body of water does Richard paraglide?

4. Richard says that each memory symbolizes ___________________.

5. What is the name of Richard's airplane?

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