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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what does Dan listen?
(a) Waves crashing on the shore.
(b) A shark.
(c) Civilization.
(d) A rescue boat or helicopter.

2. Why has Dan no sense of time or bearings?
(a) He has never done this before.
(b) He hit his head on the rocks when the surfboard was washed onto shore.
(c) He is in a daze.
(d) He leaves his watch on shore and it's cloudy.

3. What does Sachi ask her baby brother?
(a) To tell her what God feels like.
(b) To help her convince her parents to let her travel alone.
(c) To go with her to a new island.
(d) To help her learn about nature.

4. What does Dan jokingly say he'll call the diet he follows while floating on the surfboard?
(a) The Stupidity Diet.
(b) The Mama Chia Diet.
(c) The Surfboard Diet.
(d) The non-eating diet.

5. What is the major difference between the author and his wife, Linda?
(a) He is comfortable in the "conventional" world and she is not.
(b) He is meticulous and organized and she is sloppy.
(c) She is meticulous and organized and he is sloppy.
(d) She is comfortable in the "conventional" world and he is not.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one thing the Advaita Vendanta teach?

2. After Stanford, where does the author accept a teaching position?

3. What is going on at the house when Dan arrives?

4. According to Socrates, how is charity most effective?

5. What is the best definition for the Hawaiian word "kahuna?"

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