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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When explaining the different levels that make up his whole being, Richard tells Dickie that he envisions himself as ______________________.
(a) the coach of a football team.
(b) a focus group leader.
(c) a corporate executive.
(d) the captain of a ship.

2. Which of the following is NOT part of the decoration in Dickie's room?
(a) Toys.
(b) Games.
(c) Airplanes.
(d) Beatles posters.

3. In Chapter 13, Dickie hands Richard a memory of ____________________.
(a) Christmas.
(b) a birthday party.
(c) a water tower.
(d) dancing.

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

5. Richard learns that the desert around him is created by ____________________.
(a) evil.
(b) greed.
(c) sadness.
(d) repressed memories.

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

7. What was Richard's nickname as a boy?
(a) Dickie.
(b) Richie.
(c) R-man.
(d) Rick.

8. What does Richard do with the book?
(a) Tears it up.
(b) Throws it in the trash.
(c) Puts it on a shelf.
(d) Burns it.

9. Richard says that each memory symbolizes ___________________.
(a) a feeling.
(b) a memory.
(c) a choice.
(d) a dream.

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

11. Dickie is Richard's ___________________.
(a) imaginary friend.
(b) unborn child.
(c) conscience.
(d) inner child.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dickie think that Richard is going to do with him in Chapter 12?

2. Richard's brothers are Roy and __________________.

3. What promise does Richard not remember making to his younger self?

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

5. In Chapter 17, Richard tells a story about hanging out with friends who want to ___________________.

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