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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. 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 laughs.
(b) He throws a fit.
(c) He cries.
(d) He walks away.

13. How old was Richard when his brother died?
(a) 41.
(b) 9.
(c) 34.
(d) 22.

14. 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.

15. Richard thinks it is important to ______________________.
(a) get a Master's Degree.
(b) love your parents.
(c) find something you love and learn about it.
(d) learn to speak a foreign language.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Richard?

3. Where has Dickie been kept inside Richard's mind?

4. Leslie recognizes that Richard does not really know how to talk to ___________________.

5. Who does Shepherd say wrote Richard's book?

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