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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. Why does Dan have to rest?
(a) He does not need any more rest.
(b) He needs to escape.
(c) It's Mama Chia that needs to rest.
(d) His body is using energy to recover.

2. Who heals Mama Chia's psyche after a failed marriage?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Socrates.
(d) She heals herself.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama Chia draw in the sand?

2. What is one thing the Advaita Vendanta teach?

3. For what is Molokai most known?

4. Why does Millman become more dejected as time passes on his travels?

5. Who is Victor?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Dan decide to stop over in Hawaii and what do you think is the reason for his layover?

3. How does Ruth respond to Dan's appearance at the party and what do you think this foreshadows?

4. How has Mama Chia been healing Dan and what do you think of her method?

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

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

7. Describe Dan's experience in his dreamlike state in chapter 7 and his reaction to the dream.

8. Dan says he would trade enlightenment for one glass of "pure, cool, quenching water." What do you think this says about the human condition?

9. What does the college give Dan and where does he go?

10. What does Mama Chia tell Dan after waking him from sleeping for 36 hours, and what do you think she means?

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