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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What happened that made Dan go out so foolishly unprepared?
(a) He thought he was tougher than he is.
(b) He lost the second page of Ruth's note.
(c) He was suicidal.
(d) He thought Ruth would think him strong if he took nothing on the journey.

4. What is the board like that Dan finds?
(a) A new slick, fiberglass board.
(b) A dented, fiberglass board that is slightly too short for his frame.
(c) Like the ones the old Hawaiians used.
(d) He cannot find a board.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is one thing the Advaita Vendanta teach?

3. For what does Dan listen?

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

5. Who heals Mama Chia's psyche after a failed marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dan do while in India?

2. What is Dan's ultimate conclusion about his time in India?

3. Why do you think Mama Chia resumes her work as midwife and kahuna after receiving a letter from Socrates about Dan?

4. Chapter four opens with what quote and what do you think it means?

5. Dan remembers that Ruth wrote that the experience he is on is a question of "trust and faith." Do you believe this is true?

6. How does Dan decide to commence his search for the woman of whom Socrates had once told Dan, and do you think that is a logical solution?

7. What does Dan realize he must do at this time in his life?

8. How does Dan feel about his personal connection to India?

9. Why do you think Sachi asks her little brother to tell her about God?

10. Why is Dan depressed on his honeymoon?

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