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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is different about this book that Richard notices when he opens up the pages and flips around?
(a) No page numbers
(b) The pages are all the same
(c) The word are flashing as he reads
(d) It's in a different language

2. Richard says that being ___________ and finished is boring.
(a) Honest
(b) Enlightened
(c) Perfect
(d) Happy

3. What city are Richard and Shimoda in when Richard begins to sense tension in the air?
(a) Bloomington
(b) Troy
(c) Omaha
(d) Chicago

4. The book says the true family is linked not by ___________ but by respect and joy in one another's lives.
(a) History
(b) Name
(c) Location
(d) Blood

5. Whose permission does a gypsy flier need to have in order to land in a certain location?
(a) Another pilot's
(b) Field owner
(c) The customer's
(d) Mayor

6. ___________ cares noting about human illusions and games and knows only itself and humans in its perfect, finished likeness.
(a) The Is
(b) Jesus
(c) God
(d) Shimoda

7. Once Richard believes he is a ______, he will, indeed, be one.
(a) Master
(b) Student
(c) Prophet
(d) Spiritual creature

8. What kind of plane makes Richard land his plane in order to get a better look?
(a) Fleeting
(b) Fleet
(c) Travel Air
(d) Forager

9. Shimoda tells Richard he once ___________ in front of 25,000 eyewitnesses, which is why he's always on the move.
(a) Disappeared
(b) Died and rose again
(c) Brought someone back to life
(d) Multiplied wine

10. Richard begins to wonder, "If life is illusion, why _______?"
(a) Bother
(b) Me
(c) Live
(d) Believe in anything

11. Shimoda cautions Richard that he should not get __________ attached to his attempts with the clouds.
(a) Positively
(b) Strongly
(c) Negatively
(d) Instantly

12. Even the best movie is ______________, according to Shimoda.
(a) An illusion
(b) A farce
(c) A chance to escape responsibility
(d) A lesson

13. What does Richard think is trying to replace his own thinking, thus he tells himself not to listen to it?
(a) Shimoda
(b) Society
(c) The book
(d) Others

14. Richard truly believes he will find a __________ to help him.
(a) Teacher
(b) Guru
(c) God
(d) Religion

15. What kind of biplane does Richard own and use in his gypsy flying business?
(a) Forager
(b) Travel Air
(c) Fleeting
(d) Fleet

Short Answer Questions

1. Richard tells Shimoda he will give him his plane because Richard believes one day he will not need it in order to _______.

2. The mind, or imagination, is life's _____________, according to Richard's observations.

3. What does Shimoda say in response to Richard's question of how Shimoda found him?

4. What do gypsy fliers need in addition to a long, smooth, close-cut field near a town?

5. What is the longer title for the book that Shimoda gives to Richard when he asks about how to train to become a Master? Messiah's Manual & Reminders for the _____________.

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