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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 was Le Muria also known as?

2. What will not grow in the lava tube caves of Hawaii?

3. What is the magnetic power of crystals called?

4. What place on Hawaii does Pila believe is a threshold to a space-time continuum?

5. What kingdom was a legendary continent with the Hawaiian Islands at the tip?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pila write about the pyramids of Hawaii in Chapter 5?

2. Describe the photographs depicted in Chapter 6 by Dr. Gilroy.

3. What ritual does Pila introduce for Pele in Chapter 7?

4. What does Pila write of the Hawaiian language?

5. What has changed about the way the people approach vacationing, according to Pila? How does he describe the typical vacationer's first days?

6. How does Pila lead the reader into the Paradise of Self in Chapter 4?

7. How did Crazy Ed greet Pila? What did this mean?

8. What does Pila say the typical vacationer in Hawaii spends doing the third day through remainder of their trip?

9. What is the purpose of the chant in Chapter 7?

10. Why does Pila recommend that travelers visit the volcano?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Pila describe the state of the modern world in The Secrets and Mysteries of Hawaii? What are his suggestions for appeasing it?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Pila's journey through the human body and spirit in the text. How does he relate this to the nature around him?

Essay Topic 3

Describe vortexes and lay-lines. What does Pila believe these both have the power to do? Why do they exist?

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