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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. What is one thing the Advaita Vendanta teach?
(a) That spirit is ascendent over flesh.
(b) That life is more important than the between life.
(c) That flesh is impure.
(d) That flesh and spirit are not separate.

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

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

4. What does Ruth tell Dan to do in her note?
(a) Go meditate for three days on top of Peli.
(b) Go ride a surfboard.
(c) Go home to his wife and daughter.
(d) Come back in three days.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Of what does Fuji have to let go?

3. What is a fakir?

4. What returns to Dan as he is healing?

5. What does Mama Chia do after Dan has slept for 36 hours?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Mama Chia interpret Dan's bad dream?

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

4. Dan tries to stay awake and conscious because he's afraid of what might happen if he falls asleep. Do you think this is symbolic of anything?

5. For what is Dan searching in India and why does he choose India?

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

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

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

9. Dan falls asleep, which could be what is called in literary terms, a "narrative contrivance." What do you think that means in context of this story and Dan falling asleep?

10. What does Dan do while in India?

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