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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was David-Neel confident by the start of Chapter VI that her disguise would not be questioned?
(a) She had managed to hide herself thus far and could continue.
(b) She felt Yongden could keep her hidden if all else failed.
(c) She felt nobody would suspect a foreigner was so far into Tibet.
(d) She could always use Tibetans' fears of magic to hide herself.

2. What attitude did Yongden display after "curing" the pilgrim's legs and after he was sought in the next village to predict fortunes and other tricks?
(a) Impervious.
(b) Dislike.
(c) Wary.
(d) Enjoyment.

3. With a flat place to camp below the ridge marker and the range, why did David-Neel and Yonggden find it essential to build a fire?
(a) To avoid pneumonia.
(b) To see.
(c) To cook.
(d) To keep animals away.

4. David-Neel and Yongden agreed to trade what in exchange for cheese the stranger who spied their open packs had?
(a) Tea.
(b) Two spoons.
(c) Binoculars.
(d) Needles.

5. The day after David-Neel and Yongden camped following their descent from the ridge marker, how did the terrain affect their trek?
(a) It was rocky, and its slope greatly impeded them.
(b) It was neither hard nor sandy, and its slope aided them.
(c) It was neither hard nor sandy, but its slope slowed them.
(d) It was sandy, and its slope greatly hindered them.

Short Answer Questions

1. The morning after David-Neel's encounter with a well-dressed man, she lost and frantically looked for what before she found it?

2. On the day David-Neel met the well-dressed man, they found where to sleep for the night?

3. 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?

4. 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?

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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