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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With all the information the narrator got from Charlene, why does he go out into the garden?
(a) to smoke a cigar
(b) to clear his head
(c) to check on the weather
(d) to breathe the fresh air

3. What does the Manuscript say will be the first indication of change?
(a) a massive earthquake
(b) an eclipse of the sun
(c) worldwide political upheaval
(d) a great restlessness

4. What causes the narrator to lose his ability to see the energy fields?
(a) a sudden rainfall
(b) gunshots in the distance
(c) his doubt about seeing energy
(d) angry voices

5. What has preceded Dobson on this trip to Peru?
(a) an appeal from the president
(b) an act of Congress
(c) the cooperation of the embassy
(d) a letter to the Peruvian government

6. What do the energized plants offer humans?
(a) psychological insights
(b) ways to see in the dark
(c) more nutrients for the body to absorb when they are eaten
(d) a close identity with plant life

7. Who is Wayne Dobson whom the narrator meets on the flight to Peru?
(a) an explorer who is interested in the value of the Manuscript
(b) an archeologist going to a dig in Peru
(c) an assistant professor of history from New York University
(d) a translater of archaic languages

8. When does a person learn the Insights?
(a) when he/she finds the Manuscript
(b) when he/she is ready
(c) when he/she stops resisting the information
(d) when he/she has the right teacher

9. While waiting in the car at Cula, who does the narrator spot?
(a) Marjorie
(b) Sarah
(c) Phil
(d) Reneau

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

11. Why does the physics professor, Sarah Lorner, come to Viciente Lodge?
(a) to find rare plants
(b) to get specimins for her laboratory
(c) to study wind resistence of trees
(d) to study the effects of energy on plant life

12. What does Reneau say the girl accomplishes by throwing the pie?
(a) getting back some of her energy
(b) putting on a comedy show
(c) trying to get the narrator's attention
(d) showing she is ready to leave home

13. What does the narrator discover when he wakes the morning after camping with Wil and Reneau?
(a) Wil and Reneau have already left.
(b) It is raining hard.
(c) There is a llama in their camp.
(d) Wil and Reneau are already up.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Wayne Dobson found when he went to see a priest that never showed up?

2. How does Dobson explain the Second Insight?

3. What does Wil say the narrator is not doing?

4. What does the narrator believe he understands now?

5. On the way to Cula, what does Wil instruct the narrator to do?

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