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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

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

5. What large item does Richard ask Dickie to recall?
(a) A mall.
(b) A water tower.
(c) A blimp.
(d) An elephant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT addressed in RUNNING FROM SAFETY: AN ADVENTURE OF THE SPIRIT?

2. What does Dickie do at the end of the flight in Chapter 10?

3. How does Richard feel when he looks through the book?

4. Dickie is the age that Richard was when _______________________.

5. What does Richard say is the principle of the universe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role do angels play in Richard's life?

2. Explain the metaphor of being captain of your own ship as Richard explains it to Dickie.

3. What is the premise of RUNNING FROM SAFETY: AN ADVENTURE OF THE SPIRIT?

4. What philosophy about numbers does Richard share with Dickie?

5. Describe Richard's first encounter with Dickie.

6. Describe what Richard sees when Leslie encourages him to remember when he was nine, right after his brother's death.

7. What does Dickie manage to teach to Richard even though Richard is providing instruction during the flight?

8. What is Richard's pattern for dealing with life's challenges, and how can Dickie possibly help him in this area?

9. Why is Dickie sad about giving the memories to Richard?

10. Who is Sheperd and how does Richard encounter him?

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