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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. Where does Dan awaken?

2. What does Mama Chia tell Dan?

3. What do Mama Chia and Dan do with the thousands of starfish washed up on the beach?

4. What does the first window show?

5. What task does Mama Chia give Dan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens with Dan and the punks and do you think it will have significance later?

2. What is foreshadowed in this section?

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

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

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

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

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

8. From whom does Dan ask permission to be there and what do you think this is symbolic of?

9. What do you think Mama Chia means when she says that "The Great Leap" is frightful, but above the heart, it becomes "an elevator ride?"

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dan Millman decides to go to India in search of some sort of spiritual enlightenment. Discuss the following:

Why does Millman think he needs to go to India?

Why do you think many Westerners go to places such as India and Tibet in search of spiritual enlightenment?

Do you think Dan could have found what he needed where he lives in Ohio?

Essay Topic 2

As Mama Chia and Dan are hiking, Mama Chia declares that Dan is strong enough to carry her backpack and sets off. Dan laments, knowing that he is supposed to do something but does nothing. Discuss one of the following:

Analyze what you think Dan is supposed to do and why he seems paralyzed in inaction.

How does Dan finally overcome his inability to do what he is supposed to do?

Do you feel there is something important in your life that you are to do? Discuss your approach to fulfilling that sense of purpose.

Essay Topic 3

Dan writes that every day one must choose to master the energy of life or squander it. Discuss the following:

What do you think Dan means by the above statement? Give examples from the text and your own life if applicable.

Analyze and discuss several times in the text when you think Dan squanders the energy of life.

Analyze and discuss several times in the text when you think Dan masters the energy of life.

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