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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What American statesman does Mama Chia quote in chapter 5?
(a) Alexander Hamilton.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Abe Lincoln.
(d) George Washington.

2. What cure does Ruth prescribe for Dan?
(a) A barefoot walk on coals.
(b) A barefoot walk in the surf.
(c) A sauna.
(d) A tanning booth.

3. What does Ruth tell Dan to do in her note?
(a) Come back in three days.
(b) Go meditate for three days on top of Peli.
(c) Go ride a surfboard.
(d) Go home to his wife and daughter.

4. What does Dan find at the end of chapter 4?
(a) A dead albatross.
(b) A floating bottle of water.
(c) A shore.
(d) A fishing pole entangled in kelp.

5. What does Dan jokingly say he'll call the diet he follows while floating on the surfboard?
(a) The non-eating diet.
(b) The Mama Chia Diet.
(c) The Surfboard Diet.
(d) The Stupidity Diet.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom does Mitsu yell?

2. Simply put, what are Dan's instructions when he gets to Makapuu Beach?

3. Why has Dan no sense of time or bearings?

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

5. Who does Millman meet outside the last bank he visits?

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