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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 type of job did the narrator have the first time he met Maya and Webber?

2. For what does the narrator say science was responsible?

3. In the beginning of Chapter 8, what does Webber tell the narrator to do?

4. What does Wil confirm about Williams to the narrator?

5. With what does Feyman walk?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does a sudden connection with the narrator's Soul Group bring to his mind about a previous life?

2. What does the narrator say he realized about humans born into the world?

3. What does the group do after Charlene explains why she is in the valley?

4. What did the narrator see in his vision about the teachings of Christ?

5. Who is one of the souls the narrator recognizes in hell?

6. Who is in the cave when Webber and the narrator arrive there and what does she/he say?

7. Describe what the four members of the Group first do when they meet at the waterfall and what they see.

8. What does the narrator realize about all his previous lives and what he thinks is needed to change the trend?

9. After Charlene and Maya escape from Feyman, what do Webber and the Narrator do?

10. What does Wil say is their task concerning the Group of Seven?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

It's becoming clearer with each passing chapter that, without actually coming out and saying so, perspective is anchored in the concept of destiny - that each individual comes into this existence with a pre-ordained place, purpose and plan. It's also becoming clearer that while the narrative clearly makes the point that that plan doesn't always come to fruition, it also implies that such failure is the result of inability (for whatever reason) to make the choices for the plan to be accomplished ... in other words, because of free will.

1. What do you think the definition of destiny is and why do you think the author is supporting that concept in this book? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

2. Assuming that destiny is true, and that having a vision of what one is to accomplish in life before being born is true but forgotten with birth, explain with examples, why often the purpose of an individual does not come to fruition.

3. Most religions espouse the idea of free will. Those who have no spiritual beliefs would probably agree. Explain the concept of free will, why it might be a law of life and how it seems to manifest in the real world. Use examples to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Is it stereotypical that insight into the human/animal relationship comes from a Native American character, who in many narratives is portrayed as having a "special" relationship with nature? Or is it archetypal? Might it not have more thematic weight and/or depth if the narrator had REALIZED it, rather than having it explained to him as he has had so many things, repetitively and almost tediously, explained to him/preached at him ... and therefore preached at the reader?

1. Is it stereotypical that insight into the human/animal relationship comes from a Native American character, who in many narratives is portrayed as having a "special" relationship with nature? Explain what you think this statements means with examples from this book and your own life and knowledge.

2. After researching the terms stereotype and archetype, argue for this area of the book to be one or the other. Use examples from the text to illustrate your points.

3. Explain why someone might learn something better and retain it longer if they had learned or researched it themselves rather than had someone tell them.

Essay Topic 3

It could be argued that the point of the book is not to create a great work of literature, but to create a work of spiritual guidance, which would suggest that the actual writing contained between the book's covers needs to be serviceable, no more - to create the circumstances for the more important spiritual explanation. On that level, the writing and storytelling function adequately. In terms of that spiritual guidance, the main point to consider here and throughout the narrative is its essential nature, and the manifestations/explanations of that nature.

1. Do you think that a work of spiritual guidance can be both well written and enlightening? Explain your reasoning.

2. Argue for or against the idea that the writing in this book is mediocre. Use examples from the text to support your position.

3. Explain in detail, with examples, how the author might have been able to write a better story and still convey his ideas.

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