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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Richard decide after Dickie leaves?
(a) He is less of a person now.
(b) He enjoys being a teacher.
(c) He has more time now.
(d) He will miss him forever.

2. Who is Richard's friend in this memory?
(a) Goober.
(b) Mac.
(c) Budgie.
(d) Stevie.

3. What is Richard's response when Dickie asks him to tell him something that he needs to know more than anything?
(a) Religion is necessary.
(b) Life is a game.
(c) People are crazy.
(d) Love is an experiment.

4. What does Richard wish his mother had done?
(a) Volunteered as a homeroom mother.
(b) Let him shave his head.
(c) Told him more about Bobby's death.
(d) Let him go on the Senior trip.

5. What is the name of Richard's plane?
(a) Bette.
(b) Daisy.
(c) Lily.
(d) Suzette.

6. In Chapter 38, Dickie wants to know Richard's name for ___________________.
(a) his car.
(b) his bicycle.
(c) his religion.
(d) his boat.

7. What is Richard doing at the beginning of Chapter 30?
(a) Reading a book.
(b) Watching the news.
(c) Eating dinner.
(d) Taking a nap.

8. Richard tells Dickie to let go of ____________________.
(a) childish thoughts.
(b) space-time.
(c) hate.
(d) bad memories.

9. What does Richard do about Dickie's leaving?
(a) He tells him he should never have come.
(b) He tells him to come back in a few months.
(c) He tries to persuade him to stay.
(d) He tells him that he should visit other people.

10. Chapter 23 opens with a memory of Dickie and his brother, ________________.
(a) Bobby.
(b) Mark.
(c) Roy.
(d) Steve.

11. What does Leslie want Richard to tell Dickie that next time he sees him?
(a) She loves him.
(b) She admires him.
(c) She is afraid of him.
(d) She wants to talk to him.

12. As Dickie and Richard walk up a hill, Richard tells Dickie that he does not believe in _________________.
(a) ghosts.
(b) illness.
(c) love.
(d) destiny.

13. In Chapter 21, Richard tells Leslie about a memory he has from what grade in school?
(a) Tenth.
(b) Sixth.
(c) Ninth.
(d) Third.

14. Dickie wants Richard to talk to him like a __________________.
(a) colleague.
(b) friend.
(c) grown-up.
(d) father.

15. What does Richard notice about the land that Dickie brought Richard to in his mind?
(a) There are flowers covering the earth.
(b) It looks as if it has been burned.
(c) Tall trees are growing everywhere.
(d) There is grass and signs of other growth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Richard tells Dickie that outside of space-time, Dickie is _____________________.

2. What does Richard tell Dickie about Dickie's future?

3. Richard discovers that many people near him at the event are ________________.

4. What is Richard doing when Dickie appears in Chapter 31?

5. What job does Richard do after leaving the Air Force?

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