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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 does Mama Chia do to her pet bird?
(a) Feed it grubs.
(b) Let it go free.
(c) Crush it.
(d) Nothing.

2. If Dan fails in the task Mama Chia gives him, what will happen?
(a) He will feel pain and part of him will die.
(b) He will try again.
(c) He will succeed just from trying.
(d) He will know he is not yet ready for that floor.

3. To which self does survival, creativity, and power belong?
(a) The Nurturing Self.
(b) The Aware Self.
(c) The Basic Self.
(d) The Needy Self.

4. What does Dan resolve?
(a) To stay and care for Mama Chia.
(b) To repair the relationships in his own family.
(c) To live a better life.
(d) To return to Hawaii every year.

5. What does the first window show?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Hostility.
(c) Pain.
(d) Strength.

Short Answer Questions

1. What self is represented by the heart?

2. When Dan stops being an observer to become part of the community, what happens?

3. How does Dan embrace life after facing death?

4. How does Dan feel about being naked when Mama Chia appears?

5. What does the second window show?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the third level concern?

2. What does Dan say about himself at the beginning of chapter 13, and what do you think he means?

3. What does Dan realize he has to do and what do you think that means?

4. How does Mama Chia explain the Tower of Seven Floors?

5. Who does Dan meet and what does he advice Dan to do about the bullies?

6. What is foreshadowed in this section?

7. Where does Mama Chia take Dan to stay for a few days and what is his initial response?

8. What is the path to the heart? Does this seem difficult?

9. Does Dan change his mind about the settlement? How?

10. What do you think Mama Chia means when she says one must clean the lower floors before ascending to higher floors?

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