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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At a fork in the road, which one does the narrator take?
(a) the one which seems brighter to him
(b) the one that runs along a stream
(c) the one that leads down
(d) the one with the most trees beside it

2. How is the narrator traveling?
(a) by hitchhiking
(b) by donkey
(c) on foot
(d) in a borrowed truck

3. Who does the narrator meet in a restaurant?
(a) a man looking for a ride to Iquitos
(b) a man looking for viciente Lodge
(c) a man looking for Dobson
(d) a man who works for the Cardinal

4. What does Father Carl say led the narrator to his present location looking for the Manuscript?
(a) everything that had ever happened in his life
(b) a sense of disbelief
(c) his aloof drama
(d) an insatiable curiosity

5. What advice is the narrator given about finding his way?
(a) to ask help from Peruvian natives
(b) to carry a roadmap Father Carl gives him
(c) to navigate by the stars and travel only at night
(d) to use his intuition

6. Who will Julian and Rolando see at the village where they are going?
(a) Phil
(b) Wil
(c) Sarah
(d) Marjorie

7. Who is the head priest at the prison?
(a) Father Costous
(b) Father Sanchez' brother
(c) Cardinal Sebastian
(d) Father Ortega

8. What does Father Sanchez begin to explain to the narrator?
(a) how to escape to Paraguay
(b) where to find Wil
(c) the Seventh Insight
(d) what happened with Cardinal Sebastian

9. What happens to the man following the Narrator up into the mountain?
(a) He turns around and goes back down.
(b) He has a heart attack
(c) He falls off the ridge.
(d) He is shot.

10. What does the narrator run into on the road?
(a) a fallen bridge
(b) a herd of llamas
(c) a stalled semi
(d) a roadblock

11. Where is the narrator taken?
(a) to Father Carl's house
(b) to Viciente Lodge
(c) back to the mission
(d) to prison

12. Why does a person become aloof?
(a) because they lack conversational ability
(b) because they are basically loners
(c) so that they will feel superior
(d) so as not to reveal anything someone can criticize

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

14. How does Father Sanchez label the narrator's control drama?
(a) as aloof
(b) as an interrogator
(c) as a poor me
(d) as an intimidator

15. In a feeling of euphoria, what happens to the narrator?
(a) He has an out of body experience.
(b) He falls asleep on the ridge.
(c) He finds the Ninth Insight.
(d) He jumps up and shouts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were the narrator and Marjorie expected?

2. Where does the narrator find Marjorie?

3. Where is the narrator taken after meeting the man on the road?

4. What happens with the narrator while Father Sanchez is gone?

5. When does Julia continue her instruction about the Eighth Insight?

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