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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The Message of the Mystics.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Wayne Dobson whom the narrator meets on the flight to Peru?
(a) an explorer who is interested in the value of the Manuscript
(b) an assistant professor of history from New York University
(c) an archeologist going to a dig in Peru
(d) a translater of archaic languages

2. Who catches up to the narrator as he scrambles back up into the mountain ridges.
(a) Wil
(b) one of Jensen's men
(c) Phil Strong
(d) Reneau

3. What happens when a soldier gets near the narrator on the mountain ridge?
(a) He slips and falls down the ridge.
(b) He is called back by his commander.
(c) He stops just short of finding him.
(d) He walks past without seeing him.

4. Why is Reneau at the service station where the narrator saw him?
(a) He is looking for a good campsite.
(b) His truck broke down.
(c) He is there getting directions.
(d) He stopped there for a snack.

5. Who found the Manuscript and translated it?
(a) a British archeologist
(b) Wayne Dobson
(c) Wil James
(d) the priest, Jose

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wil finally give the narrator after they leave Cula?

2. What does Wilson James say he wants to find?

3. What happened while Charlene was in the ladies' room?

4. Why does the narrator eat only vegetables at dinner?

5. Back down the mountain, what brings the narrator out of his euphoria?

(see the answer key)

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