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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What strikes Millman by its grandeur?
(a) The Ganges River.
(b) The Purarimjes.
(c) The Taj Mahal.
(d) The Himalayas.

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

3. What is the main thing that keeps Dan looking after feeling quite discouraged?
(a) Stupidity.
(b) Discipline.
(c) Intuition.
(d) Curiousity.

4. What does Mama Chia see as hidden gifts?
(a) Painful physical challenges she suffers as a child.
(b) The way human beings do not believe in their deaths.
(c) The unconscious.
(d) Death and rebirth.

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

6. What does Sachi ask her baby brother?
(a) To go with her to a new island.
(b) To help her learn about nature.
(c) To tell her what God feels like.
(d) To help her convince her parents to let her travel alone.

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

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

9. What does the author do on his wedding night?
(a) Go Fishing.
(b) Cry.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Skydive.

10. 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 anticipation.
(d) With a sense of adventure.

11. Who is having a baby in chapter 5?
(a) Ruth's daughter.
(b) Ruth's granddaughter.
(c) Sei.
(d) Mitsu Fujimoto.

12. How does the The Basic Self use pain?
(a) To learn how to let go.
(b) To learn faith.
(c) As a way to solve other problems.
(d) To get one's attention.

13. 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 Stupidity Diet.
(d) The Surfboard Diet.

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

15. For whom does Mitsu yell?
(a) Mama Chia.
(b) Mrs. Fujimoto.
(c) Mama Johnson.
(d) Her husband.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who takes care of Dan when he is recovering from his days at sea?

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

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

5. How has Mama Chia been speeding Dan's healing?

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