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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 are the people in the novel either searching for or trying to suppress?
(a) a document they call the Manuscript
(b) an ancient Incan stela with magic powers
(c) tablets of stone older than the Ten Commandments
(d) an archeologist who found the Manuscript

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charlene say in the beginning of this time will become harder?

2. Why does the church oppose the Manuscript?

3. Who is the man named Chris Reneau who resembles a friend of the narrator's?

4. What is the first coincidence on the way to Cula?

5. What does the narrator see as he continues to run from the gunfire?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is the document called the Manuscript in the novel, an artifact of great interest?

3. Explain the coincidence on the plane.

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

5. Explain the effect Jensen has on the narrator and how Wil gets him away.

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

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

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

9. What does Dobson have to say about history?

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

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