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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Dickie afraid that Richard will do?
(a) Forget about Dickie.
(b) Crash his plane.
(c) Move away.
(d) Divorce Leslie.

2. What is Dickie's reaction when Richard's friends want him to do something he does not want to do in Chapter 17?
(a) He cries.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He throws a fit.
(d) He walks away.

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

4. Who is Richard's wife?
(a) Leslie.
(b) Annie.
(c) Jordan.
(d) Cecile.

5. Over what body of water does Richard paraglide?
(a) Puget Sound.
(b) Lake Erie.
(c) Mississippi River.
(d) Atlantic Ocean.

6. Dickie wants to know if Richard's _______________________ has/have taught him how things work.
(a) writing.
(b) fifty extra years of experience on earth.
(c) advanced degree.
(d) travels.

7. The cracked dry earth where Dickie lives symbolizes _______________________.
(a) lack of creativity.
(b) financial restrictions.
(c) open space for ideas.
(d) the desert of Richard's childhood.

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

9. Leslie points out that Richard probably has a lot in common with ______________.
(a) his college roommate.
(b) his brother.
(c) Dickie.
(d) Leslie.

10. Shepherd reminds Richard that Richard has a passion for _________________ when he was young.
(a) football.
(b) cars.
(c) writing.
(d) guitars.

11. What does Dickie aim at Richard in Richard's mind?
(a) A pistol.
(b) An arrow.
(c) A flame-thrower.
(d) A rifle.

12. Richard's brothers are Roy and __________________.
(a) Bobby.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Sam.
(d) Eddie.

13. Richard tells his wife what it feels like to ____________________.
(a) look at the world like a child again.
(b) climb a mountain.
(c) hit a home run.
(d) win a race.

14. As he prepares to go out, Richard mentally expresses disgust for _________________.
(a) medicine.
(b) greed.
(c) evil.
(d) smoking.

15. Dickie is curious about what it is like ____________________.
(a) to fly.
(b) to be in love.
(c) to go to college.
(d) to drive a car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Richard live when he was a boy?

2. In Chapter 17, Richard is hanging out with his friends named Mike and _________________.

3. In order to check the water level in the water tower, Richard had to climb up a tall ladder ______________________.

4. Richard recalls a fear of ___________________ as a boy.

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

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