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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the priest Charlene went to see about the Manuscript?
(a) He was dead when she got there.
(b) He refused to speak ot her.
(c) He disappeared.
(d) He was arrested.

2. What will the restlessness cause people to do?
(a) demand too much from each other
(b) take unnecessary risks
(c) retreat into their shells
(d) commit serious crimes

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

4. What will people need to overcome their restlessness?
(a) more consciousness of the meaning of experiences
(b) more reading of the Manuscript
(c) more new challenges to face
(d) more time spent alone

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

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

7. What information does Reneau share with the narrator?
(a) that he is looking for the Manuscript
(b) that he is actually from Canada
(c) that he is not planning to return to Brazil
(d) that he has a copy of the Fourth Insight

8. What does the narrator promise Charlene?
(a) to see her safely on her flight
(b) to tell his friends about the Manuscript
(c) to check deeper into the Manuscript.
(d) to call and write often

9. What does Dobson say scientists try to do?
(a) define humanity and the reasons for life itself
(b) find answers in test tubes
(c) provide scientific reasons for spiritual dogmas
(d) treat humanity as guinea pigs

10. Why is the Manuscript in danger of disappearing?
(a) the inability to translate the ancient language
(b) the parchment is too fragile to move
(c) blackmarketeers are out looking for it
(d) the opposition of the Peruvian government and the church

11. What sudden decision does the narrator make once he returns home?
(a) to put the whole matter out of his mind
(b) to fly to Peru to see if he can learn about this Manuscript
(c) to call a friend of his who lives in Peru
(d) to check on Charlene to see if she arrived safely

12. What coincidence happens when the narrator gets up to go to the restroom?
(a) He meets and old friend from his university.
(b) He hears a man mention the Manuscript to a stewardess.
(c) He finds a copy of the First Insight in the magazine rack.
(d) He hears someone talking about a disappeared priest.

13. When does a person learn the Insights?
(a) when he/she has the right teacher
(b) when he/she finds the Manuscript
(c) when he/she stops resisting the information
(d) when he/she is ready

14. What does the Manuscript say will be the first indication of change?
(a) an eclipse of the sun
(b) worldwide political upheaval
(c) a massive earthquake
(d) a great restlessness

15. What does Sarah tell the narrator is possible to see?
(a) indications of weather coming weather change
(b) the energy around everything and everyone
(c) a plant actually growing
(d) the thoughts of other people

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Marjorie know that the narrator is interested in her?

2. How does Dobson explain the Second Insight?

3. What is the example of the Fourth Insight that takes place at dinner?

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

5. When Sarah arrives, what does she tell the narrator to do?

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