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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Richard tell Dickie about Dickie's future?
(a) He can be anyone he wants to be.
(b) He should let his destiny take control.
(c) He should travel before settling down.
(d) He needs to get a Master's Degree.

2. What subject does Leslie ask Richard if he is going to talk to Dickie about?
(a) Honesty.
(b) Betrayal.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Education.

3. What does Dickie tell Richard that Dickie did at the charity ball?
(a) Came up with the escape plan.
(b) Tipped the punch bowl.
(c) Ate food from other people's plates.
(d) Switched the coats in the coat check.

4. Which of the following is NOT a polarizing element on creativity particles?
(a) Choices.
(b) Love.
(c) Attitudes.
(d) Desires.

5. Who is Richard's friend in this memory?
(a) Mac.
(b) Goober.
(c) Budgie.
(d) Stevie.

6. What job does Richard do after leaving the Air Force?
(a) Technical writer.
(b) Mechanic.
(c) Cook.
(d) Barista.

7. Richard and Leslie discuss letting Dickie know about ___________________________.
(a) their fights and marriage lessons.
(b) their plans to move.
(c) the new baby.
(d) Richard's illness.

8. In Chapter 33, Richard tells Leslie that he is going to consider Dickie ______________________.
(a) his best friend.
(b) his imaginary pal.
(c) his devil's advocate.
(d) his conscience.

9. What is Richard's response when Dickie asks him to tell him something that he needs to know more than anything?
(a) Love is an experiment.
(b) Religion is necessary.
(c) People are crazy.
(d) Life is a game.

10. Richard tries to explain space-time to Dickie as if he were a/an _______________________.
(a) psychiatrist.
(b) quantum mechanic.
(c) philosopher.
(d) astronaut.

11. Richard and Dickie talk about how the differences between good and evil are ________________________.
(a) not always black and white.
(b) written in sand.
(c) carved in stone.
(d) handed down through generations.

12. Richard tells Dickie that outside of space-time, Dickie is _____________________.
(a) very intuitive.
(b) a god.
(c) connected to everything.
(d) a mere mortal.

13. What does Richard wish his mother had done?
(a) Volunteered as a homeroom mother.
(b) Let him go on the Senior trip.
(c) Told him more about Bobby's death.
(d) Let him shave his head.

14. What does Richard think is the secret of marriage?
(a) Your wife is always right.
(b) Put your wife before your buddies.
(c) Do what you think is right.
(d) Never go to bed angry.

15. What does Richard notice about the land that Dickie brought Richard to in his mind?
(a) There are flowers covering the earth.
(b) Tall trees are growing everywhere.
(c) It looks as if it has been burned.
(d) There is grass and signs of other growth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dickie's brother say he must stay smart?

2. What decision does Dickie make in Chapter 38?

3. Dickie is fearful of death and _______________________.

4. What does Richard do that improves his enjoyment of the event?

5. Dickie leaves Richard without _______________.

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