View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ketut believe one should practice in private since it is a personal process, not one to be shared?

2. With whom does Liz take an American style road trip around the area of Bali?

3. Liz realizes that she cannot offer _________ to Yudhi and for his dream of going back to New York someday.

4. What happens to Liz which causes her to go to see a healer, Wayan Nuriyasih, according to the story?

5. Liz realizes there is a lot of value in the __________ of suitors, as happened in the old days, according to the book.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mario do when Liz arrives in Indonesia for the last location of her journey?

2. What does Ketut recommend about the religions of others when two people meet?

3. What does Liz do in order to help out Wayan with her real estate problems, though she is thought to be nutty for it?

4. Of what is it said that interrupting is a sign, which Liz learns in her studying since it is a problem for her?

5. What is the Sufi image which Liz uses to explain to Wayan the opportunities before her now?

6. To what does the plumber/poet from New Zealand liken divorce when a group begins to discuss this idea?

7. What does Felipe point out to Liz after she tells him that she wants to be friends with him?

8. What is the turiya state which Liz is trying to achieve in the course of her time at the Ashram?

9. Why does Ketut still want to see Liz after his long days of healing the people who come to visit?

10. What are the two things Liz feels she has always done wrong when it comes to men and being with men?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Liz seems to be drawn into spirituality from the very start, and even the doubts of God are proof that she does believe in something else.

Part 1: Why do you think Liz is so quick to say that she does not believe in God?

Part 2: Do you think that Liz believes in God anyway, even though she refuses to say so at first?

Part 3: How do you think a person becomes closer to their faith?

Essay Topic 2

The true yogis see everything in nature as God in disguise, according to the writing of Liz and according to her experiences.

Part 1: Why do you think that nature is God in disguise? What does this mean to you?

Part 2: How do you think yoga is a practice which would allow a person to uncover God?

Part 3: What do you think changes when a person practices yoga in their life?

Essay Topic 3

It's interesting to note that Liz does not go into details about why her marriage failed or what led her to sob on her bathroom floor.

Part 1: Why do you think that Liz avoids the details of her failing marriage in the beginning of the book?

Part 2: Do you think the book would have been more powerful if she had given the details of her marriage?

Part 3: Is it necessary to always know all of the details about why things go wrong for characters in a book?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 774 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample