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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the condition of the pilot after the landing?
(a) hysterical
(b) unconscious
(c) tired
(d) angry

2. What have the Tibetans used to measure Karakal?
(a) extra sensory perception
(b) trigonometry
(c) psychology
(d) long ropes

3. Why is Conway the one to write SOS messages on scraps of paper?
(a) he has the only pen
(b) he is multilingual
(c) he has nothing else to do
(d) he is elected leader

4. When Sanders joins the three men, what does he talk about?
(a) the price of oil
(b) the threat of war
(c) the evacuation of Baskul
(d) gold mining

5. Why do they not talk much on the way to the lamasery?
(a) because they are too excited
(b) because they are plotting an escape
(c) because they are too far apart
(d) because of the thin air at that altitude

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Tibetans believe that Miss Brinklow thinks is horrible?

2. What did Conway's friends and professors at Oxford expect of him?

3. Who is the mystery man on board the plane?

4. What does the American attempt to do?

5. What does Mallinson believe when the plane takes off a second time?

(see the answer key)

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