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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 always accompanies gifts, according to the book Richard was given by Shimoda?
(a) Problems
(b) Children
(c) Mysteries
(d) Death

2. Richard deduces that movies must be like one's ___________.
(a) Jail cell
(b) distraction
(c) Lifetime
(d) Bible

3. What kinds of stories does the Messiah tell to the crowds who follow him from place to place?
(a) Poems
(b) Children's stories
(c) Parables
(d) Fairy tales

4. In what state do Richard and Shimoda have dinner at the start of the chapter?
(a) Illinois
(b) Wisconsin
(c) Indiana
(d) Ohio

5. Shimoda admits to letting the crowd at Troy get to him because he admits to being a _________.
(a) Weak man
(b) Performer
(c) Fool
(d) Ham

Short Answer Questions

1. Richard flees because he is unsure he will be __________ with Shimoda.

2. Where does Shimoda go to stand when he asks Richard to watch him?

3. What is rolled forward when Shimoda and his passenger eventually land at the field again?

4. Richard cannot picture Jesus returning to being a _____________.

5. At the same time, Richard is ________ what will happen when Shimoda and the healed man land again.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the character of Donald Shimoda.

2. What must people do in order to enjoy life and to experience the illusion of time and space?

3. What are two names Shimoda admits to being representative of who he really is?

4. Describe the story the Messiah uses in order to answer the millworker's objection that the Master does not have to work.

5. What does Richard dream about before he is awakened at 3:00 A.M., happy about the dream?

6. What does Richard do in order to readjust to the loneliness of not having Shimoda around?

7. What do gypsy fliers need in order to fly their planes and to land them in the fields?

8. Why do Shimoda's bosses ask him to leave the auto repair shop where he initially works?

9. What happens when Shimoda tosses Richard a wrench as they are working on the engine?

10. What does Shimoda tell Richard to do in order to vaporize clouds?

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