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

2. Who is the man who rescues the Narrator?
(a) Wayne Dobson
(b) Father Sanchez
(c) Wilson James
(d) Police sergeat Ortiz

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

4. What is the example of the Fourth Insight that takes place at dinner?
(a) a fight that breaks out in the house next door
(b) two brothers arguing over a girl
(c) a child throwing a temper tantrum
(d) a major conflict between a girl and her parents

5. What does the Manuscript predict?
(a) the arrival of space aliens
(b) a major world war by 2020
(c) a change in human society in the late twentieth century
(d) the end of the world in 1999

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the Manuscript in danger of disappearing?

2. Why is Reneau interested in the Fourth Insight?

3. What happens while the narrator is running away?

4. What has Wayne Dobson found when he went to see a priest that never showed up?

5. Who found the Manuscript and translated it?

Short Essay Questions

1. As Wil and the narrator head out, what advice does he offer the narrator?

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

3. Who is Sarah and how does she begin telling the narrator about the third Insight?

4. Describe Wil's caution to the narrator.

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

6. Describe the initial meeting of the narrator and Marjorie.

7. What happens when the narrator is told to observe some students sitting in front of some plants?

8. Why do the narrator and Dobson exchange hotel addresses at the airport?

9. Describe the coincidence that occurs when the narrator forms a plan of action.

10. Describe the theme of THE CELESTINE PROPHECY.

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