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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The strange lama apparently recalled David-Neel from a previous time in Tibet, but as she did not recognize him she calmly conversed with him how long and was confident he would not report her?
(a) A couple hours.
(b) Late into the night.
(c) About an hour.
(d) Until sunrise.

2. David-Neel and a boarder's wife became embroiled in a domestic fight when they aided the wife of their drunkard host, a matter that ended with David-Neel being informed she would have to do what?
(a) Find another place to stay.
(b) Testify for the drunkard host's wife.
(c) Testify for both wives.
(d) Testify for the boarder's wife.

3. At the start of Chapter IV, David-Neel and Yongden approached the region known as Po with how many roads across it?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

4. David-Neel and the other passenger hung suspended over the gorge until one of the ferrymen did what?
(a) Slid by a loop on the suspension line and reattached the towline.
(b) Climbed on the suspension line and reattached the towline.
(c) Held on the towline, cast them the other end, and it wasreattached.
(d) Hung from the suspension line to swing it so they would slide in.

5. Where were David-Neel and Yongden drifting off to sleep as Chapter IV came to an end?
(a) In a camp built near a mountain stream.
(b) In the house of a well-off farm family.
(c) In the barn of an abandoned farm.
(d) In the house of a mountain villager.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. David-Neel and Yongden eventually reached what type of marker placed at summits and passes to identify the path?

3. While David-Neel an Yongden had heard stories about the Popas all having been robbers and possibly cannibals, how did she describe them as having been?

4. On the third day after Yongden incurred his injury, he and David-Neel slowly limped how long before they realize they had gone the wrong way?

5. What river did David-Neel and Yongden initially follow on their trek?

(see the answer key)

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