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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 is Encinitas?

2. What is Babator considered to be?

3. Who tells a story about Babaji's sister?

4. Who calls Yogananda home?

5. With which area does Romesh not help Mukunda?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Yogananda's feeling on God in Chapter 49?

2. Why does Mukunda want to become a monk?

3. What has happened to Yukeswar in Chapter 42?

4. Summarize Yogananda's physic ideas in Chapter 30.

5. What lesson does Yogananda learn in Chapter 26?

6. Who is Tagore?

7. Who is Giri Bala?

8. What is the benefit of Kriya Yoga?

9. Describe the school Yogananda opens.

10. Why does Yogananda use Christianity to support his beliefs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Yogananda use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the stories Yogananda tells through the book.

1) Are the stories more symbolic than than they are true?

2) Choose one of the stories and discuss its meaning in relation to Yogananda's teachings.

Essay Topic 3

What major events had a profound affect on Mukunda's beliefs and how did they change him? What does Mukunda still have to learn by the end of the book?

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