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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 Wil say the narrator is not doing?
(a) not thinking clearly about the Insights
(b) not listening to the conversation
(c) not actively participating in the conversation
(d) not making himself clear

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

3. How has the Third Insight been used experimentally at Viciente Lodge?
(a) to measure energy fields
(b) to produce electricity from plant energy
(c) to keep the wrong people out
(d) to affect the way plants grow

4. What has preceded Dobson on this trip to Peru?
(a) an appeal from the president
(b) an act of Congress
(c) a letter to the Peruvian government
(d) the cooperation of the embassy

5. Why does Reneau decide to go to Viciente Lodge?
(a) to observe the research
(b) to look for Marjorie
(c) to study the psychology of plants
(d) to collect some seedlings

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the Manuscript in danger of disappearing?

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

3. With all the information the narrator got from Charlene, why does he go out into the garden?

4. What is the purpose of the Viciente Lodge?

5. What does the narrator decide he wants to do after meeting Wil James?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Redfield introduce the idea of the Insights?

2. What is the first coincidence that occurs with the narrator on the way to Cula?

3. Why is Charlene so interested in giving this Manuscript information to the narrator?

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

5. What is bothering Wil as he and the narrator drive away from Viciente Lodge?

6. How does Redfield let the reader know what the narrator is going to do?

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

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

9. Explain the coincidence on the plane.

10. Detail how Sarah handles German scientists looking for the research gardens at Viciente Lodge.

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