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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Liz decides that she wants to have her own __________ since she seems to have forgotten what that is.
(a) Truth.
(b) Books.
(c) Home.
(d) Personality.

2. What does Liz take great joy in buying after she begins to understand what brings her pleasure when she is in Italy?
(a) Ingredients.
(b) Books.
(c) Music.
(d) Plants.

3. Who is the person Liz meets on a train who is a rich programmer from Seattle?
(a) Crazy Linda.
(b) Marta Manna.
(c) Richard.
(d) Crazy Joe.

4. Liz finds that she is unwilling to drop the little ________ string of song when the other women are chanting, even if she is tired.
(a) Purple.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

5. Because Liz feels ________, she allows the divorce to continue on for months without resolution.
(a) Doubtful.
(b) Loved.
(c) Guilty.
(d) Happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the time at which the students at the Ashram are expected to rise in the morning?

2. What prevents Liz from setting out on her world travel adventure at the start, though this soon resolves?

3. Shaktipat is the divine ____________ given by enlightened masters to their students, according to Liz.

4. David may actually have been Liz's _________, but not for the reasons she thought that he was.

5. When Liz is in the Ashram for the first time, she tests out her new ___________, "Om Namah Shivaya."

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Liz do when she is in the midst of her divorce, in order to make herself feel better about her life?

2. For what is the practice of yoga used, according to Liz's own experience and study of the subject?

3. Why is the guru not in residence in the Ashram where Liz is staying, according to her explanation?

4. What is the schedule the students have to follow, in terms of the time they need to get up and the time they need to go to bed?

5. To what does Liz compare her arrival at the Ashram when she is first coming into India?

6. What happens when the Lazio team doesn't win the soccer match that Liz and Lucca attend?

7. What does Liz do when she begins to hear her ex-husband's voice in her head when she is cooking for herself?

8. What does Liz do in response to David's repulsion at her addiction and her dependence on him?

9. What is the prayer that Liz offers up when she is walking away from Giovanni at the start of the book?

10. What happens when Liz decides to pray to God for the first time during that dark period of her life?

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