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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. David-Neel and Yongden mistakenly loitered by an official's home and left in haste but were advised to return, so what did they quickly do?
(a) Yongden and David-Neel both returned without their loads.
(b) Yongden and David-Neel both returned with their loads.
(c) David-Neel set her load down to return while Yongden waited.
(d) Yongden set his load down to return while David-Neel waited.

2. 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 sand.
(b) Holy leaves.
(c) Holy spices.
(d) Holy pebbles.

3. The last part of Chapter VI focused on David-Neel's worries as she and Yongden had to get approval at an official's residence in order to cross a river bridge and travel beyond it, but how did it end?
(a) The official was not home, so Yongden got approval from his son.
(b) She faked illness outside while Yongden got approval inside.
(c) She sat outside while Yongden got approval inside.
(d) Both went inside while Yongden got approval.

4. How were these roads across Po described to David-Neel and Yongden?
(a) Two were well-traveled, the other unmapped.
(b) Three were well-traveled, the other unmapped.
(c) Four were well-traveled, the other unmapped.
(d) One was well-traveled, the other unmapped.

5. The farmland was poor around the village David-Neel described in Po, heavily taxed, and anyone who left was pursued and what?
(a) Jailed.
(b) Whipped.
(c) Executed.
(d) Brought back.

Short Answer Questions

1. Yongden cast what in the air to catch and consult prophets before he told the pilgrims that ahead they would come across a roadside shrine?

2. What did a stranger attempt to bargain for when he saw David-Neel and Yongden's open packs as they ate breakfast one morning?

3. Yongden's success at "curing" the pilgrim's legs made him a bit of a what in the next village?

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

5. At the start of Chapter II, David-Neel and Yongden traveled in more densely inhabited areas and through several villages at what time?

(see the answer key)

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