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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dan respond when he realizes his predicament?
(a) With fear.
(b) With a sense of anticipation.
(c) By trying to contact the authorities with his cell phone.
(d) With a sense of adventure.

2. What does the basic self become?
(a) A star.
(b) A circle.
(c) A unicorn.
(d) A child.

3. When do Mama Chia's parents die?
(a) When she is 11.
(b) When she is 19.
(c) When she is 44.
(d) When she is 7.

4. What do you think is the hardest thing about leaving for Millman?
(a) Leaving his students.
(b) Leaving his ailing father.
(c) Leaving his wife.
(d) Leaving his daughter.

5. What is one thing Ruth and Dan have in common?
(a) Yale.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Oberlin.
(d) Harvard.

6. Why does the author do what he does on his wedding night?
(a) He and his wife love to skydive.
(b) He and his wife are camping.
(c) He is depressed.
(d) His wife falls asleep first.

7. What strikes Millman by its grandeur?
(a) The Himalayas.
(b) The Ganges River.
(c) The Taj Mahal.
(d) The Purarimjes.

8. What returns to Dan as he is healing?
(a) A new sense of direction.
(b) A sense of anger at his stupidity.
(c) Peace.
(d) A renewed sense of urgency.

9. What does Ruth say that gets Dan's attention as he is leaving the juice stand?
(a) Create a nice day.
(b) Have a nice day.
(c) A nice day is having you.
(d) Nice is the day to create.

10. What kind of juice do Ruth and Dan have to drink when they first meet?
(a) Apple.
(b) Carrot.
(c) Orange.
(d) Mango.

11. What is one overwhelming impression Millman has of India?
(a) The huge numbers of people.
(b) The alternating cold and warm climate.
(c) The peace and quiet.
(d) The modern cities.

12. What does Mama Chia see as hidden gifts?
(a) Death and rebirth.
(b) Painful physical challenges she suffers as a child.
(c) The unconscious.
(d) The way human beings do not believe in their deaths.

13. What is the best definition for the Hawaiian word "kahuna?"
(a) The head honcho.
(b) The one who is to sustain.
(c) The one who is to blame.
(d) Magician or expert in any situation.

14. What happened that made Dan go out so foolishly unprepared?
(a) He lost the second page of Ruth's note.
(b) He thought he was tougher than he is.
(c) He thought Ruth would think him strong if he took nothing on the journey.
(d) He was suicidal.

15. At some point, what would Dan have traded for some water?
(a) His wife and daughter.
(b) His life.
(c) Enlightenment.
(d) All his money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the major difference between the author and his wife, Linda?

2. With what has Mama Chia put Dan in touch?

3. Who does Millman meet outside the last bank he visits?

4. What does Dan have to keep fighting off?

5. What is the feeling of stagnation?

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