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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates predict in a letter?
(a) That Dan will die in Hawaii.
(b) That Dan will be easy to sway to Mama Chia's ways.
(c) That Mama Chia will not have success with Dan.
(d) That Dan will be hard on himself and excitable.

2. What are the Basic Self, Conscious Self and Higher Self?
(a) The way to enlightenment.
(b) The concept talked about in the secret ways.
(c) The three selves.
(d) A way of explaining the relationship between god and humans.

3. What is a fakir?
(a) Someone who fakes magic.
(b) A person who demonstrates unusual abilities.
(c) A governmental authority in India.
(d) Someone who is a leader of his spiritual group.

4. Upon what island does Dan land?
(a) Oahu.
(b) Maui.
(c) Molokai.
(d) The Big Island.

5. What becomes an obsession to Dan?
(a) Thirst.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Rescue.
(d) Finding a direction.

6. What does Mama Chia say about the energies?
(a) They only help the spirit.
(b) They are imaginary but useful.
(c) They are not imaginary.
(d) They only help the physical body.

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

8. What does the basic self become?
(a) A star.
(b) A child.
(c) A circle.
(d) A unicorn.

9. What fades in the author's memories as he leads a "normal" life?
(a) His encounter with Socrates.
(b) His past life as a Tibetan monk.
(c) His father's death.
(d) His memories of fighting in Viet Nam.

10. How has Mama Chia been speeding Dan's healing?
(a) By evoking the goddess of healing.
(b) With drugs.
(c) By working with his basic self.
(d) With meditation.

11. 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) "'Better never to begin...but once begun...better finish.'"
(d) "'End before you start.'"

12. How does Dan respond when he realizes his predicament?
(a) With a sense of anticipation.
(b) By trying to contact the authorities with his cell phone.
(c) With fear.
(d) With a sense of adventure.

13. Where does Millman decide to go?
(a) India.
(b) Alaska.
(c) New York.
(d) South America.

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

15. Why does the author do what he does on his wedding night?
(a) His wife falls asleep first.
(b) He and his wife love to skydive.
(c) He and his wife are camping.
(d) He is depressed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mama Chia think Dan is strong enough to do?

3. What happens to a student at Oberlin despite prayers?

4. After Stanford, where does the author accept a teaching position?

5. What lesson from Socrates does the author have difficulty following in this early part of the book?

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