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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Longer Now.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator promise Charlene?
(a) to check deeper into the Manuscript.
(b) to see her safely on her flight
(c) to call and write often
(d) to tell his friends about the Manuscript

2. What happens while the narrator is running away?
(a) He runs behind a bus and disappears.
(b) A man stops him and takes him to a safe house.
(c) He feels the wind of pullets past his ears.
(d) He loses one of his shoes.

3. What does the narrator decide he wants to do after meeting Wil James?
(a) get out of the country fast
(b) lay low and study the first two Insights
(c) to go with Wilson on his search for the Ninth Insight.
(d) try to meet people who know other Insights

4. What happened while Charlene was in the ladies' room?
(a) Her briefcase was stolen.
(b) Someone stole her car.
(c) The restaurant caught fire.
(d) Her table was taken.

5. What does the Manuscript predict?
(a) a change in human society in the late twentieth century
(b) a major world war by 2020
(c) the end of the world in 1999
(d) the arrival of space aliens

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Peruvian government's attitude toward the Manuscript?

2. On the plane, what does the narrator say about understanding the Second Insight?

3. Who found the Manuscript and translated it?

4. How many Insights does Charlene say the Manuscript contains?

5. What coincidence happens when the narrator gets up to go to the restroom?

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