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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Charlene say in the beginning of this time will become harder?
(a) to continue relationships
(b) to convince people what is happening
(c) to make rational decisions
(d) to speak openly about the Manuscript

2. Why does the narrator not get out of the taxi at his hotel?
(a) the taxi driver knows a cheaper hotel
(b) the hotel is on fire
(c) another taxi is following him
(d) there are soldiers standing outside

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

4. What causes the narrator to lose his ability to see the energy fields?
(a) a sudden rainfall
(b) his doubt about seeing energy
(c) angry voices
(d) gunshots in the distance

5. What happens when researchers use their own energy to add to the energy around the plants, and show concern for the plants?
(a) They affect the way plants grow.
(b) They create an electric generator.
(c) They get plants to emit sounds.
(d) They get very tired.

Short Answer Questions

1. While waiting in the car at Cula, who does the narrator spot?

2. What does Charlene tell the narrator about?

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

4. What is special about the forest around Viciente Lodge?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Wil does not tell the narrator everything at once.

2. What does Dobson have to say about history?

3. Why can the narrator not sleep on the plane?

4. Explain how Redfield introduces the element of suspense in his novel.

5. Describe the breakthrough the narrator has while Sarah is confronting the German scientists.

6. How does the narrator get hooked up with Wilson James after Dobson is shot?

7. Explain the purpose of the drive into the Andes the morning after the narrator is rescued by Wilson.

8. What does the narrator do when he becomes aware of being followed?

9. Describe Wil's caution to the narrator.

10. Describe the example of the Fourth Insight at work when Wil, Reneau, and the narrator have dinner together.

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