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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. What does he realize as he drives through San Fernando Valley?
(a) He is out of gas.
(b) He is going the wrong way.
(c) Something isn't kosher about Flight 353.
(d) He is lost.

2. What is Joe's thought as he drives away?
(a) Life is incomprehensible.
(b) He is losing his mind.
(c) The world is not the same as the one he was born to.
(d) The world has gone mad.

3. What do the men do when they see her?
(a) Try to photograph her.
(b) Give chase.
(c) Try to stop her.
(d) Call out to her.

4. Who tells him where to find her?
(a) Oliver Martin.
(b) Mario Oliveri.
(c) Olive Marino.
(d) Macy Olivier.

5. What eludes Joe at the beach?
(a) The feeling of peace.
(b) A connection to life.
(c) The purpose of the deaths he has witnessed.
(d) A connection to God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe smell and taste?

2. What does Jim want most?

3. What revelation occurs to him regarding his indifference?

4. Why does Joe call Dewey downstairs?

5. How many robed men does Joe see at the airport?

Short Essay Questions

1. What debilitating episode does Joe suffer from and how often do they occur?

2. How does Joe try to verify Rose?

3. What does Joe learn when he goes to the Vadence house?

4. What attitude seems consistent with the NTSB investigators that he manages to contact, including Barbara?

5. What does Joe find when he arrives at the Delmann house on the anniversary of the crash of Flight 353?

6. Why does Joe go to the beach in Santa Monica before going to visit the cemetery where his wife and daughters are?

7. What do Joe and Beth talk about when he calls her in the early morning hours?

8. What does Joe learn about Teknologik?

9. What does Joe remember as he reviews the strange events at the cemetery; what action does he take and what conclusions does he draw?

10. What is it about Dewey's greeting to Joe that embarrasses them both and exemplifies why Joe has avoided all of his old friends and colleagues?

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