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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama Chia draw?

2. Where do Mama Chia, Sachi and Dan go?

3. To which self does survival, creativity, and power belong?

4. If Dan fails in the task Mama Chia gives him, what will happen?

5. What childhood horror does Dan relive?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the third level concern?

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

3. What is foreshadowed in this section?

4. What does Mama Chia say about second-floor energies?

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

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

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

8. Describe Dan's experience of "rebirth."

9. Why do you think Dan dreads what lies ahead?

10. How does Mama Chia say shape shifting works and explain what you think she means.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fear seems to be something that Dan must overcome or let go. In chapter 12, he has an experience while lying beside the grave he has dug. Discuss the following:

What are some of the fears Dan must overcome or let go of? Discuss them using examples from throughout the text.

What ways does Dan use to overcome his fears? Use specific examples.

Do you think Dan is fear free when he leaves Hawaii? Why or why not?

Could the ways Dan uses to overcome his fears work for you? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Mama Chia tells a story about Sachi, who goes up to her baby brother and asks, "'Baby, tell me what God feels like. I'm starting to forget.'" Discuss the following:

What do you think this story means?

Do you think traditional religions would have an explanation for this story?

Do you think infants and young children are closer to God than older children and adults? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

Compare and contrast Dan as who he is at the beginning of the book to who he seems to be at the end of the book.

Compare and contrast Mama Chia's spiritual ideas with those of your own.

Compare and contrast Dan's experience on the surfboard with the most harrowing experience you have had and what you both learned from your experience.

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