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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2 , Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has bothered Dan since the surfboard incident?
(a) Mama Chia's lackadaisical mannerisms.
(b) The ocean.
(c) The idea of faith.
(d) The idea of death.

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

3. What is the major difference between the author and his wife, Linda?
(a) He is meticulous and organized and she is sloppy.
(b) She is meticulous and organized and he is sloppy.
(c) He is comfortable in the "conventional" world and she is not.
(d) She is comfortable in the "conventional" world and he is not.

4. What is it that Ruth suggest Dan needs in this situation?
(a) A sense of direction.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Trust and faith.
(d) Resolve.

5. What happens to a student at Oberlin despite prayers?
(a) She is not found in the woods.
(b) She is lame.
(c) She dies.
(d) She flunks out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sachi ask her baby brother?

2. What is going on at the house when Dan arrives?

3. What is the board like that Dan finds?

4. What does Mama Chia draw in the sand?

5. Who heals Mama Chia's psyche after a failed marriage?

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