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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who does Mama Chia meet when she is 7?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Papa Kahili.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Papa Kahuna.
2. What does she do after drawing the figure?
(a) Dances.
(b) Prays.
(c) Sings.
(d) Goes into a trance.
3. What is the main thing that keeps Dan looking after feeling quite discouraged?
(a) Stupidity.
(b) Intuition.
(c) Discipline.
(d) Curiousity.
4. What does Dan find at the end of chapter 4?
(a) A fishing pole entangled in kelp.
(b) A floating bottle of water.
(c) A dead albatross.
(d) A shore.
5. Who is Ruth Johnson?
(a) The young bank teller with whom Millman has dinner.
(b) A psychiatrist.
(c) An older woman in a muumuu.
(d) A lawyer.
6. What is one thing Ruth and Dan have in common?
(a) Yale.
(b) Oberlin.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Harvard.
7. What is it that Ruth suggest Dan needs in this situation?
(a) A sense of direction.
(b) Trust and faith.
(c) Resolve.
(d) Wisdom.
8. According to Socrates, how is charity most effective?
(a) With the right leverage.
(b) It is generally not effective.
(c) With the most money.
(d) In places where people help themselves.
9. What is one overwhelming impression Millman has of India?
(a) The modern cities.
(b) The huge numbers of people.
(c) The peace and quiet.
(d) The alternating cold and warm climate.
10. What does the basic self become?
(a) A circle.
(b) A star.
(c) A unicorn.
(d) A child.
11. Why does Millman become more dejected as time passes on his travels?
(a) He finds nothing that isn't available in the West in bookstores.
(b) He cannot make any lasting connections.
(c) He is overwhelmed by the different paths one can take to enlightment.
(d) He thinks everyone he meets is a hypocrite.
12. What does Mama Chia think Dan is strong enough to do?
(a) Surf without a board.
(b) Carry his pack.
(c) Carry her pack.
(d) Swim back to Oahu.
13. What do you think is the hardest thing about leaving for Millman?
(a) Leaving his daughter.
(b) Leaving his students.
(c) Leaving his ailing father.
(d) Leaving his wife.
14. What becomes an obsession to Dan?
(a) Thirst.
(b) Finding a direction.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Rescue.
15. What color does Dan's belly glow?
(a) Green.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Red.
(d) Brown.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Millman decide to go?
2. Why does Dan have to rest?
3. What fades in the author's memories as he leads a "normal" life?
4. When does Mama Chia resume her work as midwife and kahuna?
5. With what has Mama Chia put Dan in touch?
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