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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Clearing the Past.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When being aloof ceases to work, why does one become a poor me?
(a) to make intimidators ashamed
(b) to appeal to sympathy
(c) to explain away misfortune
(d) to change the subject

2. 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) a translater of archaic languages
(c) an assistant professor of history from New York University
(d) an archeologist going to a dig in Peru

3. Who do Father Sanchez and the narrator come across on the way to Machu Picchu?
(a) a man and woman pulled over to the side of the road
(b) Reneau who's truck has broken down again
(c) Marjorie who was left on the side of the road
(d) Wil James pulled over to the side of the road

4. How many Insights does Charlene say the Manuscript contains?
(a) eight
(b) ten
(c) nine
(d) seven

5. What does the narrator observe in the garden?
(a) a small cemetery
(b) many different kinds of birds
(c) energy fields around the plants
(d) a priest meditating

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator eventually see that his parents were interrogators?

2. What does the narrator see when he watches Sarah concentrate on a bush?

3. What are the people in the novel either searching for or trying to suppress?

4. Who found the Manuscript and translated it?

5. Seeing Wil drive off before the military can arrest him, where do the narrator and Marjorie go?

(see the answer key)

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