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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lesson from Socrates does the author have difficulty following in this early part of the book?
(a) Being in the present moment.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Meditation.
(d) Detachment.

2. What grant is Millman awarded?
(a) A travel grant.
(b) A stock option grant.
(c) A land deed grant.
(d) A trust grant.

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

4. Why does Dan have to rest?
(a) It's Mama Chia that needs to rest.
(b) He does not need any more rest.
(c) He needs to escape.
(d) His body is using energy to recover.

5. Upon what island does Dan land?
(a) Maui.
(b) Molokai.
(c) Oahu.
(d) The Big Island.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the author do what he does on his wedding night?

2. What happens to a student at Oberlin despite prayers?

3. What does Mama Chia think Dan is strong enough to do?

4. Who takes care of Dan when he is recovering from his days at sea?

5. What does the author do on his wedding night?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Sachi asks her little brother to tell her about God?

2. How does Dan decide to commence his search for the woman of whom Socrates had once told Dan, and do you think that is a logical solution?

3. What does Mama Chia tell Dan after waking him from sleeping for 36 hours, and what do you think she means?

4. How does Dan feel about his personal connection to India?

5. What does Dan do while in India?

6. What is the phrase that Ruth uses that catches Dan's attention and how would you characterize their encounter?

7. How has Mama Chia been healing Dan and what do you think of her method?

8. What does the college give Dan and where does he go?

9. What is Dan's ultimate conclusion about his time in India?

10. What do you think about what Mama Chia says about suffering?

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