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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. What lesson from Socrates does the author have difficulty following in this early part of the book?
(a) Being in the present moment.
(b) Detachment.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Meditation.

2. What does Mama Chia do after Dan has slept for 36 hours?
(a) Rouses him.
(b) Sends him on a mystical journey.
(c) Sends him back to Oahu on the surfboard.
(d) Sends him back to the mainland.

3. What does Sachi ask her baby brother?
(a) To help her convince her parents to let her travel alone.
(b) To tell her what God feels like.
(c) To help her learn about nature.
(d) To go with her to a new island.

4. What does Mama Chia see as hidden gifts?
(a) The way human beings do not believe in their deaths.
(b) Death and rebirth.
(c) Painful physical challenges she suffers as a child.
(d) The unconscious.

5. What does Dan have to keep fighting off?
(a) Panic.
(b) Despondency.
(c) Lassitude.
(d) Rage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Dan been?

2. Who is Dan's guardian angel?

3. What fades in the author's memories as he leads a "normal" life?

4. What is the best definition for the Hawaiian word "kahuna?"

5. What cure does Ruth prescribe for Dan?

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