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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lesson from Socrates does the author have difficulty following in this early part of the book?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Meditation.
(c) Being in the present moment.
(d) Detachment.

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

3. What happens as Dan contemplates the sky from the surfboard?
(a) He falls off.
(b) He falls asleep.
(c) He wonders about his daughter.
(d) He realizes he has been duped.

4. 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 and his wife love to skydive.
(d) He is depressed.

5. What does the author do for a job right after graduation?
(a) Sells insurance.
(b) Computer programmer.
(c) Sells cars.
(d) Practices law.

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

7. What does Mama Chia say when Dan tells her he is drained and depressed?
(a) That he has to let go.
(b) That he isn't really feeling that.
(c) That he is on the right track.
(d) That it's his mirror self feeling that.

8. What is the best definition for the Hawaiian word "kahuna?"
(a) Magician or expert in any situation.
(b) The head honcho.
(c) The one who is to sustain.
(d) The one who is to blame.

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

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

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

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

13. Who is Ruth Johnson?
(a) A psychiatrist.
(b) The young bank teller with whom Millman has dinner.
(c) An older woman in a muumuu.
(d) A lawyer.

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

15. What does Mama Chia think Dan is strong enough to do?
(a) Swim back to Oahu.
(b) Carry his pack.
(c) Carry her pack.
(d) Surf without a board.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the feeling of stagnation?

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

4. What does the author do on his wedding night?

5. For whom does Mitsu yell?

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