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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dan find at the end of chapter 4?
(a) A shore.
(b) A floating bottle of water.
(c) A dead albatross.
(d) A fishing pole entangled in kelp.

2. Why does the author do what he does on his wedding night?
(a) His wife falls asleep first.
(b) He and his wife love to skydive.
(c) He is depressed.
(d) He and his wife are camping.

3. After Stanford, where does the author accept a teaching position?
(a) Oberlin College.
(b) University of Ohio.
(c) Swarthmore.
(d) University of Georgia.

4. What happened that made Dan go out so foolishly unprepared?
(a) He was suicidal.
(b) He thought Ruth would think him strong if he took nothing on the journey.
(c) He thought he was tougher than he is.
(d) He lost the second page of Ruth's note.

5. What is so painful during Dan's time on the surfboard?
(a) The realization of his impending death.
(b) The realization of his stupidity.
(c) Knowing his daughter would grow up without him.
(d) His sunburned body.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dan jokingly say he'll call the diet he follows while floating on the surfboard?

2. What grant is Millman awarded?

3. What does Millman hope to find in the few days he decides to spend in Hawaii on his way home from India?

4. What returns to Dan as he is healing?

5. What is a fakir?

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