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

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

4. What does Mama Chia draw in the sand?
(a) A pentagram.
(b) A square.
(c) A horse.
(d) Leonardo da Vinci's figure of a man in a circle.

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

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

7. How does Millman finally decide to contact the woman whom Socrates mentioned?
(a) Asking his wife.
(b) Writing back to Socrates and waiting for his answer.
(c) Going from bank to bank.
(d) A personal ad in the newspaper.

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

9. What do you think is the hardest thing about leaving for Millman?
(a) Leaving his ailing father.
(b) Leaving his students.
(c) Leaving his daughter.
(d) Leaving his wife.

10. When does Mama Chia resume her work as midwife and kahuna?
(a) When she becomes gravely ill.
(b) After receiving a letter from Socrates about Dan.
(c) When she wants to reach a higher plane of ascension.
(d) When she retires.

11. After Stanford, where does the author accept a teaching position?
(a) University of Georgia.
(b) Oberlin College.
(c) University of Ohio.
(d) Swarthmore.

12. According to Socrates, how is charity most effective?
(a) In places where people help themselves.
(b) With the right leverage.
(c) It is generally not effective.
(d) With the most money.

13. What returns to Dan as he is healing?
(a) A sense of anger at his stupidity.
(b) A renewed sense of urgency.
(c) A new sense of direction.
(d) Peace.

14. What schools does Millman attend regularly?
(a) Schools about India's history and culture.
(b) None.
(c) Schools of yoga.
(d) Schools for learning about the flora and fauna of India.

15. Everyone the author looks, what does he see?
(a) Beggars.
(b) Joy and optimism.
(c) Prosperity.
(d) Others searching for something, too.