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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With all the information the narrator got from Charlene, why does he go out into the garden?
(a) to smoke a cigar
(b) to breathe the fresh air
(c) to check on the weather
(d) to clear his head

2. What happens while the narrator is running away?
(a) He runs behind a bus and disappears.
(b) He feels the wind of pullets past his ears.
(c) A man stops him and takes him to a safe house.
(d) He loses one of his shoes.

3. What does the narrator discover when he wakes the morning after camping with Wil and Reneau?
(a) It is raining hard.
(b) There is a llama in their camp.
(c) Wil and Reneau are already up.
(d) Wil and Reneau have already left.

4. What does the narrator see during an argument between Sarah and the German?
(a) their energy fields moving back and forth between them
(b) the grass around them turning brown
(c) a brilliant flash of light
(d) a nearby tree begin to tremble

5. On the way to Cula, what does Wil instruct the narrator to do?
(a) work on developing his power to see energy fields
(b) be alert for any coincidences
(c) memorize the first three Insights
(d) read the road map and navigate

6. What does the narrator think about that makes him agree with Charlene?
(a) his last two relationships
(b) his recent distrust of people
(c) his problems at work
(d) his problems with the bank

7. What does Dobson tell the narrator to do?
(a) use a false name
(b) call the embassy
(c) find a lawyer
(d) run toward an alley

8. What does Wilson James say he wants to find?
(a) the Ninth Insight
(b) the site where the Manuscript was found
(c) a safe way out of Lima
(d) the person who stole the Manuscript

9. When Sarah arrives, what does she tell the narrator to do?
(a) find a comfortable place to sit
(b) keep his eyes closed for five minutes
(c) completely clear his mind
(d) to study a tree and appreciate its beauty

10. How does Marjorie know that the narrator is interested in her?
(a) She overhears him talking to a plant.
(b) She can see it in his energy.
(c) Sarah tells her.
(d) She notices how he tries not to stare.

11. Who is studying the effects these energized plants have on the people who eat them?
(a) a microbiologist
(b) a nutritionist
(c) an astronomer
(d) a botanist

12. Why is Dobson returning to Peru?
(a) To find more Insights.
(b) To prove the Manuscript is wrong.
(c) To challenge the government.
(d) To look for the priest.

13. What is special about the forest around Viciente Lodge?
(a) It is a virgin forest.
(b) It seldom gets rain.
(c) It is used for lumbering.
(d) It is all imported trees.

14. As they prepare to go to separate hotels, what do Dobson and the narrator do?
(a) run into the police
(b) agree to meet later
(c) exchange addresses
(d) meet up with Charlene

15. What does Wil finally give the narrator after they leave Cula?
(a) a serious lecture about stealing energy
(b) a survival kit for the mountains
(c) a pistol for self-protection
(d) a copy of the Fourth Insight

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the church oppose the Manuscript?

2. Who found the Manuscript and translated it?

3. What happened to the priest Charlene went to see about the Manuscript?

4. How does Dobson explain the Second Insight?

5. Why is the Manuscript in danger of disappearing?

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