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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Richard want to tell Dickie in Chapter 6?
(a) That everything will be all right.
(b) That baseball is the best sport.
(c) That he should study harder.
(d) That he needs to eat his vegetables.

2. Over what body of water does Richard paraglide?
(a) Lake Erie.
(b) Mississippi River.
(c) Atlantic Ocean.
(d) Puget Sound.

3. What is Richard's profession?
(a) Photographer.
(b) Writer.
(c) Sculptor.
(d) Publisher.

4. Tiger Mountain is located near which American city?
(a) Duluth.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Chicago.

5. What does Richard say is the principle of the universe?
(a) Life is.
(b) If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
(c) Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
(d) The early bird gets the worm.

6. Which of the following is NOT addressed in RUNNING FROM SAFETY: AN ADVENTURE OF THE SPIRIT?
(a) Meaning of life.
(b) Terror attacks.
(c) Religion.
(d) Facing one's fears.

7. Richard tells his wife what it feels like to ____________________.
(a) climb a mountain.
(b) win a race.
(c) look at the world like a child again.
(d) hit a home run.

8. When Richard is trying to find Dickie, Richard's mind is described as ___________________.
(a) a desolate landscape.
(b) a cloudless sky.
(c) a kaleidoscope.
(d) a whirling dervish.

9. In order to check the water level in the water tower, Richard had to climb up a tall ladder ______________________.
(a) by his house.
(b) on a fire truck.
(c) on the windmill.
(d) on the tower.

10. Who is Richard's wife?
(a) Jordan.
(b) Cecile.
(c) Annie.
(d) Leslie.

11. What does Richard respond when Dickie asks Richard's age?
(a) Older than Methuselah.
(b) Numbers are not important.
(c) Old enough to know better.
(d) Older than dirt.

12. What is Dickie's reaction when Richard's friends want him to do something he does not want to do in Chapter 17?
(a) He cries.
(b) He walks away.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He throws a fit.

13. Why will it be difficult for Richard to teach anything to Dickie?
(a) Dickie is dead.
(b) Dickie is a know-it-all.
(c) Dickie does not want to open up.
(d) Richard has poor communication skills.

14. What was Richard's nickname as a boy?
(a) Rick.
(b) Dickie.
(c) R-man.
(d) Richie.

15. What is Richard doing with friends on Tiger Mountain?
(a) Paragliding.
(b) Skiing.
(c) Hiking.
(d) Camping.

Short Answer Questions

1. What promise does Richard not remember making to his younger self?

2. As he prepares to go out, Richard mentally expresses disgust for _________________.

3. Even though Richard tells Dickie that he did not mean to lock Dickie away, Dickie ______________________.

4. Richard's wife feels that Dickie may help Richard _______________________.

5. What does Dickie think that Richard is going to do with him in Chapter 12?

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