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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What information does Reneau share with the narrator?

3. What will the restlessness cause people to do?

4. What does Wil finally give the narrator after they leave Cula?

5. Why does Wil say people meet in some kind of coincidence?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Redfield initiate the intrigue that runs through the novel?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on your idea of a Utopian world. Detail what it would be like and how it would affect the people living there. Conclude the essay with an evaluation on whether or not you believe achieving Utopia is possible among humans.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about searching for deeper meanings. In your essay discuss how such a search is never ending. Explain why, even in a religious sense, it is not possible for a person to ever learn everything there is to know.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on the importance of keeping an open mind. Good examples to use in contrast are Father Sanchez and Cardinal Sebastian. Include examples of social problems like racism and right to life stances can only be resolved through open minded discussion and action.

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