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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. There were pictures sent by what in the video in Chapter 6?

2. What moku or district on the Big Island of Hawaii did Pila return to after the war?

3. There is a trail on what coast where Pila had many mystical experiences?

4. How many airports does Pila suggest the average traveler will have passed through on his way to Hawaii in Chapter 1?

5. Who is the elderly son of Kahuna Daddy Bray?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has changed about the way the people approach vacationing, according to Pila? How does he describe the typical vacationer's first days?

2. How did Crazy Ed greet Pila? What did this mean?

3. What do lay-lines correspond to, according to Pila in Chapter 5?

4. How did Pila begin to learn about Hawaiian culture and mythology in Chapter 2?

5. What does Pila write of the Hawaiian language?

6. How does Pila lead the reader into the Paradise of Self in Chapter 4?

7. Who appeared all in white in Chapter 2? What was the state of the kingdom?

8. What is the purpose of the chant in Chapter 7?

9. What are chakras and how does Pila describe them in the text?

10. What ritual does Pila introduce for Pele in Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the Kingdom of Le Muria come to ruin? What events does Pila describe in the text?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Pila's assertions of the connection between the pyramids of Egypt and the volcanoes of Hawaii.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the foods of Hawaii. What traditions of cooking and celebration are detailed in the text?

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