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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. What does Liz realize she has been doing too much in her initial months at the Ashram, on her way back from the airport?
(a) Interacting with others.
(b) Meditating.
(c) Speaking.
(d) Sleeping.

2. Everyone is watched over from the womb by four ________: Intelligence, Friendship, Strength, and Poetry.
(a) Witnesses.
(b) Brothers.
(c) Truths.
(d) Guardians.

3. Zen Buddhists believe that an oak tree creates the __________ from which it is born, according to the book.
(a) Root.
(b) Acorn.
(c) Leaf.
(d) Shade.

4. The Westerners dubbed Bali "The Island of the __________" though it was not safe to travel to Bali until the 1970s.
(a) Gods.
(b) Powers.
(c) Truths.
(d) Goddesses.

5. Liz's _________ become more deliberate and specific as she does the work to figure out what she wants.
(a) Books.
(b) Dances.
(c) Songs.
(d) Prayers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ketut tells Liz that he will begin to teach her the meditations of the land, but that he will also _______________.

2. What is the second question that a Balinese villager might ask a stranger upon their arrival in the area?

3. Richard shows Liz that she really must take the time to choose her ___________ when it comes to the way she lives.

4. Ketut says that one can only fight one's own ____________, as a good yogi, according to the writing in this book.

5. What does Ketut believe has emptied his bank account, according to his version of events in the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Liz do in order to help out Wayan with her real estate problems, though she is thought to be nutty for it?

2. What is the turiya state which Liz is trying to achieve in the course of her time at the Ashram?

3. What does Liz remember Richard telling her about finding love and getting back her sexual power?

4. Why does Ketut still want to see Liz after his long days of healing the people who come to visit?

5. What is the complaint that Tulsi has when she is talking with Liz as they get to know each other?

6. What does Ketut recommend about the religions of others when two people meet?

7. What does Liz do to make Ketut's wife less suspicious of her and of her intentions with Ketut?

8. Of what is it said that interrupting is a sign, which Liz learns in her studying since it is a problem for her?

9. What does Ketut show to Liz when they meet at his home during the first part of this section?

10. What do Liz and Yudhi do together when they are sitting on the beach in Bali on the last day of their trip?

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