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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. For what is Mama Chia at high risk?

2. What does Dan resolve?

3. What does Dan feel?

4. What do four Hawaiian punks do?

5. Where does Dan awaken?

Short Essay Questions

1. What vision does Dan have as he meditates by the waterfall?

2. What task does Mama Chia give Dan and how does he handle it?

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

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

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

6. To whom does Mama Chia want Dan to be grateful and what does that mean?

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

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

9. How does Mama Chia answer Dan's question about having money and supporting his family?

10. What is foreshadowed in this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Mama Chia leads Dan to a village of people suffering from leprosy. Discuss the following:

What is Dan's initial reaction to his "assignment" from Mama Chia? Why?

How and why does Dan's attitude eventually change? Does the change seem sincere?

What do you think is the purpose of this situation in which Mama Chia places Dan?

How do you think you would handle a similar situation?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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