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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the narrator standing?
(a) On the edge of a wide, deep Appalachian valley.
(b) On the edge of a wide, deep valley near Mount Fuji.
(c) On the edge of a wide, deep Himalayan valley
(d) On the edge of a wide, deep Sierra Nevada valley

2. What does the narrator do the next morning?
(a) Looks for the gateway on his map.
(b) Goes home.
(c) Books a flight to Peru.
(d) Sneaks into the valley.

3. What is one circumstance that brought the narrator to where he is standing at the opening of the book?
(a) The death of his grandmother.
(b) His divorce.
(c) The mysterious illness that is plaguing him.
(d) The mysterious disappearance of Charlene.

4. What does John Donald Williams experience?
(a) A life review.
(b) A chance to go back.
(c) A sense of peace.
(d) A moment of panic.

5. What does the narrator occasionally hear?
(a) The coo of a pigeon.
(b) A dissonant sound.
(c) The sound of crying.
(d) The screech of an owl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's quest?

2. Where has the narrator seen Wil before?

3. Who had Williams intended to meet in his most recent life?

4. What may keep some people from understanding the insight for which Wil and the narrator are searching?

5. What do Wil and the narrator experience?

(see the answer key)

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