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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Mama Chia made peace with being comfortable?

2. What happens when Mama Chia throws the bird in the air.

3. Who is Dan's guardian angel?

4. What does Dan call one of the punks?

5. What must one do every day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mama Chia say about second-floor energies?

2. How does Mama Chia answer Dan's question about having money and supporting his family?

3. How does Mama Chia say shape shifting works and explain what you think she means.

4. What does Dan realize he has to do and what do you think that means?

5. How does Mama Chia explain the Tower of Seven Floors?

6. Why do you think Dan dreads what lies ahead?

7. Does Dan change his mind about the settlement? How?

8. How does the level at which Dan is in this section manifest in sexual energy?

9. Who does Dan meet and what does he advice Dan to do about the bullies?

10. What do you think Mama Chia means when she says that "The Great Leap" is frightful, but above the heart, it becomes "an elevator ride?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dan writes that every day one must choose to master the energy of life or squander it. Discuss the following:

What do you think Dan means by the above statement? Give examples from the text and your own life if applicable.

Analyze and discuss several times in the text when you think Dan squanders the energy of life.

Analyze and discuss several times in the text when you think Dan masters the energy of life.

Essay Topic 2

While Dan is meditating, he realizes he must accept what is rather than cling to illusions. Discuss the following:

To what sort of illusions do you think Dan is clinging?

Can being in denial (or clinging to illusions) sometimes be a good thing?

If Dan (or anyone) accepts what is, then how are they motivated to change for the better?

Essay Topic 3

Dan Millman decides to go to India in search of some sort of spiritual enlightenment. Discuss the following:

Why does Millman think he needs to go to India?

Why do you think many Westerners go to places such as India and Tibet in search of spiritual enlightenment?

Do you think Dan could have found what he needed where he lives in Ohio?

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