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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. Who walks easily on sharp ledges and inspires admiration from Matthiessen?
(a) Schaller.
(b) Nuala.
(c) Dawa.
(d) Tukten.

2. What does a sherpa announce that makes Schaller happy while Matthiessen's group stops and cooks along the way?
(a) The arrival of the snow leopard.
(b) The sight of a bharal.
(c) The arrival of the lama.
(d) The end of the journey.

3. What does Schaller leave behind for Matthiessen?
(a) An apple.
(b) A photograph.
(c) A note.
(d) A book.

4. Who develops a bond over the course of the journey?
(a) Matthiessen and Tukten.
(b) Tukten and Dawa.
(c) Tukten and Schaller.
(d) Deborah and Schaller.

5. Who is making it difficult to pass through the region without a government permit?
(a) Porters.
(b) The Nepalese king.
(c) Sherpas.
(d) Police.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Matthiessen and Schaller afraid of after they talk to the Tibetan guide who tells them that they need government permits?

2. What is Matthiessen carrying that is very heavy?

3. What is the surprising contrast in scenery that Matthiessen's group sees on their way through the canyon?

4. What is important for Matthiessen's group to do once they pass 12,000 feet in elevation?

5. Who remains in the group and gains Matthiessen's trust even if porters do not like him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Matthiessen find on the Nepal side of the mountains that inspires a lot of questions from the group and could mean that they have gotten closer to finding what they came for?

2. Whom does Matthiessen think about when the sherpa fetches him and Schaller wine to drink in the old cow shed?

3. What does a sherpa point out to Schaller while they take a break on the mountainside that makes Schaller happy?

4. Why does Matthiessen exhibit some reservation about traveling with Schaller at the beginning of the trip?

5. What does Matthiessen do while Schaller climbs the countryside, looking for bharal after they pass through Dunahi?

6. Why is the journey initially very peaceful when Matthiessen and Schaller leave Pokhara?

7. What do Matthiessen and Schaller pass as they trudge up along the footpath in the mountains at the beginning of their journey?

8. What does Matthiessen notice in the Jaljala Ridge?

9. When they are hiking, what disgusts Schaller but he is powerless to prevent from happening?

10. What happens to Matthiessen after he walks for 10 hours on the first day of their trek?

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