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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2 , Chapters 16-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Mama Chia, Sachi and Dan go?
(a) To Oahu.
(b) To the Fujumoto's home.
(c) To Maui.
(d) To the Big Island.

2. What does Socrates say about the search for ultimate meaning?
(a) "'Start and see where it leads.'"
(b) "'Better to start whether or not you can finish.'"
(c) "'End before you start.'"
(d) "'Better never to begin...but once begun...better finish.'"

3. What does Dan feel?
(a) Frisky.
(b) Gratitude.
(c) The nature spirits everywhere.
(d) Despondency.

4. What is the board like that Dan finds?
(a) He cannot find a board.
(b) A dented, fiberglass board that is slightly too short for his frame.
(c) A new slick, fiberglass board.
(d) Like the ones the old Hawaiians used.

5. What happens as Dan contemplates the sky from the surfboard?
(a) He falls asleep.
(b) He realizes he has been duped.
(c) He falls off.
(d) He wonders about his daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Mama Chia and Dan do with the thousands of starfish washed up on the beach?

2. For what is Molokai most known?

3. What becomes an obsession to Dan?

4. What is so painful during Dan's time on the surfboard?

5. What does Dan think is one reason Socrates sends him to Mama Chia?

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