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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When they meet a German scientist, what does he do?
(a) turns around and walks away
(b) attacks Sarah about their research
(c) shares his notes with Sarah
(d) asks Sarah to teach him

2. What is Sarah talking about when she says that everything on earth consists of energy and is malleable to human intention and expectation?
(a) global warming
(b) theThird Insight
(c) the theory of relativity
(d) her work in physics

3. What does the narrator learn about the priest Charlene met once?
(a) He is in prison.
(b) He left the country.
(c) He went into hiding.
(d) He was murdered.

4. Who is studying the effects these energized plants have on the people who eat them?
(a) a nutritionist
(b) a botanist
(c) a microbiologist
(d) an astronomer

5. What has always fascinated the narrator?
(a) the concept of coincidences
(b) metaphysical literature
(c) the Incan Empire
(d) archeology

6. What does Wilson James say he wants to find?
(a) the site where the Manuscript was found
(b) the person who stole the Manuscript
(c) the Ninth Insight
(d) a safe way out of Lima

7. What is the Peruvian government's attitude toward the Manuscript?
(a) that it does not exist
(b) that it must be preserved
(c) that it belongs to the Peruvian people
(d) that it is a radical hoax

8. What does the narrator see during an argument between Sarah and the German?
(a) their energy fields moving back and forth between them
(b) the grass around them turning brown
(c) a brilliant flash of light
(d) a nearby tree begin to tremble

9. What is the purpose of the Viciente Lodge?
(a) a summer camp for underprivilieged boys
(b) a retreat for religious leaders
(c) an experiment in gardening
(d) a place for scientific study

10. Why is Dobson returning to Peru?
(a) To look for the priest.
(b) To find more Insights.
(c) To challenge the government.
(d) To prove the Manuscript is wrong.

11. Why does Reneau say that people draw energy from each other through conflict?
(a) to keep their energy levels exercised
(b) to make sure they are alive
(c) to keep their own energy levels high
(d) to avoid falling asleep

12. Why is Reneau at the service station where the narrator saw him?
(a) He stopped there for a snack.
(b) He is looking for a good campsite.
(c) His truck broke down.
(d) He is there getting directions.

13. Why does the church oppose the Manuscript?
(a) because it is associated with black magic
(b) becasue it predates the New Testament
(c) because it undermines key points of their religion
(d) because it was given the Incas by Satan

14. What is the estimated date the Manuscript was written?
(a) about the time of the Egyptian pyramids
(b) about 600 B. C.
(c) about ten thousand years ago
(d) about a century before the Sapnish arrived

15. Why does Reneau decide to go to Viciente Lodge?
(a) to observe the research
(b) to look for Marjorie
(c) to collect some seedlings
(d) to study the psychology of plants

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the man who rescues the Narrator?

2. Where is Viciente Lodge located?

3. What does the Manuscript predict?

4. Why is the Manuscript in danger of disappearing?

5. What does the narrator discover when he wakes the morning after camping with Wil and Reneau?

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