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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 is the best definition for the Hawaiian word "kahuna?"
(a) The one who is to sustain.
(b) The one who is to blame.
(c) The head honcho.
(d) Magician or expert in any situation.

2. What does Mama Chia see as hidden gifts?
(a) Death and rebirth.
(b) Painful physical challenges she suffers as a child.
(c) The unconscious.
(d) The way human beings do not believe in their deaths.

3. What schools does Millman attend regularly?
(a) Schools about India's history and culture.
(b) Schools for learning about the flora and fauna of India.
(c) Schools of yoga.
(d) None.

4. Why does Dan enjoy spending time with Sachi?
(a) She doesn't have any expectations of him.
(b) She is so funny.
(c) She is wise beyond her years.
(d) He misses his daughter.

5. What has bothered Dan since the surfboard incident?
(a) The ocean.
(b) The idea of death.
(c) The idea of faith.
(d) Mama Chia's lackadaisical mannerisms.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the The Basic Self use pain?

2. For what is Molokai most known?

3. What returns to Dan as he is healing?

4. What is going on at the house when Dan arrives?

5. What does Socrates say about the search for ultimate meaning?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Dan's experience in his dreamlike state in chapter 7 and his reaction to the dream.

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

3. Dan remembers that Ruth wrote that the experience he is on is a question of "trust and faith." Do you believe this is true?

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

5. Chapter four opens with what quote and what do you think it means?

6. How does Mama Chia interpret Dan's bad dream?

7. Dan imagines all sorts of monsters floating beneath his surfboard; what might this metaphorically represent?

8. Dan tries to stay awake and conscious because he's afraid of what might happen if he falls asleep. Do you think this is symbolic of anything?

9. How does Ruth respond to Dan's appearance at the party and what do you think this foreshadows?

10. What does Dan say about death and how do you think he will overcome his feelings about it?

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