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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When he wakes up, what does Conway see out his window?
(a) the lights of a runway
(b) snow covered peaks and glaciers
(c) lightning in the clouds
(d) the lights of a large city

2. When the plane lands to refuel, what do the passengers see out the window?
(a) black figures moving about
(b) a desolate frontier
(c) gasoline trucks
(d) only runway lights

3. What did Conway's friends and professors at Oxford expect of him?
(a) that he might become the PM of England
(b) that he might write a great novel
(c) that he would scale Mt. Everest
(d) that he would be a famous pianist

4. What does Conway know about the terrain below?
(a) nothing, because he's never been in these mountains
(b) that no one has ever returned from that aread
(c) the temperature is colder than the North Pole
(d) the mountains there are more difficult than Mt. Everest

5. Where had the pilot told Conway they are?
(a) in the Swiss Alps
(b) in Tibet near a place called Shangri-La
(c) in Nepal near the chinese border
(d) in Pakistan near Mr. Everest

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the man's name who has come out to meet them?

2. How long has it been since Rutherford last saw Conway?

3. What is the condition of the pilot after the landing?

4. What surprises Conway and the others?

5. What does Rutherford give Green?

(see the answer key)

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