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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sudden, loud noise awakened David-Neel at the camp made after she and Yongden found the ridge marker and hiked down?
(a) Yongden had fired a shot to scare away a wolf.
(b) Close thunder had rumbled through the valley.
(c) Melting ice on a nearby river had cracked.
(d) A Tibetan hunter had fired his gun not far off.

2. The day after they got water, David-Neel and Yongden hiked toward their mountain pass top but were stunned to see a huge what ahead?
(a) Expanse of snow.
(b) River gorge.
(c) Jagged ridge.
(d) Placid lake.

3. On the unmapped path, David-Neel and Yongden risked running into bands of thieves who might kill them to keep what secret?
(a) Their hiding places.
(b) Their identities.
(c) Their stolen goods.
(d) Their methods.

4. At the shrine, the ill pilgrim was to be fed well, and his legs were to be rubbed with hot water containing some what that Yongden offered?
(a) Holy spices.
(b) Holy sand.
(c) Holy leaves.
(d) Holy pebbles.

5. As David-Neel and Yongden trekked toward a Po mountain path, they ran short of water, and what was their only source located far below?
(a) A river.
(b) A well.
(c) A lake.
(d) A brook.

Short Answer Questions

1. David-Neel and Yongden looked for a place to camp and saw a patch of yellow near their water source that turned out to be what?

2. As David-Neel and Yongden moved along the mountain path, what did they learn about high passes from villagers they begged shelter from?

3. How were these roads across Po described to David-Neel and Yongden?

4. David-Neel and Yongden hiked in descent from the marker they found until what time when they located a flat place to camp at?

5. What did the wealthy woman traveling by horse and with several servants question David-Neel and Yongden about?

(see the answer key)

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