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

2. What is one overwhelming impression Millman has of India?
(a) The modern cities.
(b) The alternating cold and warm climate.
(c) The peace and quiet.
(d) The huge numbers of people.

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

4. What does Dan jokingly say he'll call the diet he follows while floating on the surfboard?
(a) The non-eating diet.
(b) The Stupidity Diet.
(c) The Mama Chia Diet.
(d) The Surfboard Diet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama Chia say she did nine years ago?

2. What appears as Dan sees himself in a circle?

3. What color does Dan's belly glow?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the phrase that Ruth uses that catches Dan's attention and how would you characterize their encounter?

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

6. What does Dan do while in India?

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

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

9. 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?

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

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