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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 is the feeling of stagnation?
(a) A waste of energy.
(b) The hope of moving forward.
(c) A means of staying quiet to heal.
(d) The soul getting a running start.

2. What is so painful during Dan's time on the surfboard?
(a) Knowing his daughter would grow up without him.
(b) The realization of his impending death.
(c) The realization of his stupidity.
(d) His sunburned body.

3. Why does Dan enjoy spending time with Sachi?
(a) She doesn't have any expectations of him.
(b) She is wise beyond her years.
(c) She is so funny.
(d) He misses his daughter.

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

5. With what has Mama Chia put Dan in touch?
(a) His inner records.
(b) Dan's daughter.
(c) God.
(d) Another man on a similar journey.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the major difference between the author and his wife, Linda?

3. What does Sachi ask her baby brother?

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

5. What does the basic self become?

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