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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did a stranger attempt to bargain for when he saw David-Neel and Yongden's open packs as they ate breakfast one morning?
(a) Her wo tea cups.
(b) Her two common spoons.
(c) Her folding knife.
(d) Her small compass.

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

3. 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) Dislike.
(b) Enjoyment.
(c) Impervious.
(d) Wary.

4. The stranger supposedly went to get his cheese, but he quickly came back with another man and they began to barter for what?
(a) The small compass and the tent.
(b) The needles and the small compass.
(c) The tent and the common spoons.
(d) The common spoons and the needles.

5. Tibetan superstition considered it bad luck to pick up what that has fallen to the ground while on a journey?
(a) A coin.
(b) A cap.
(c) A jewelry ornament.
(d) A religious item.

Short Answer Questions

1. The route through the Po region that was not on a map crossed how many mountain passes?

2. 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?

3. David-Neel and Yongden continued to trek along what river as they got ever nearer their goal?

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

5. In the latter half of Chapter VI, David-Neel detailed that she learned that which friend had been forced out of his palace and into exile?

(see the answer key)

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