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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As David-Neel and Yongden moved along the mountain path, what did they learn about high passes from villagers they begged shelter from?
(a) All were probably closed,
(b) All were probably open.
(c) One was probably closed.
(d) One was definitely closed.

2. Outer regions felt animosity toward Tibet's government, so if better armed and organized it was feared they would not submit to the rule of what area?
(a) Amdo.
(b) Qinghai.
(c) Kham.
(d) Lhasa.

3. On the night David-Neel had returned to their shelter near the fence, she awoke and imagined she heard what?
(a) Musical instruments.
(b) Pyrotechnics.
(c) Fog horns.
(d) Bells.

4. That evening, while guests of the man they shared their meal with, David-Neel asked their host where what other individuals lived?
(a) Military members.
(b) Wealthy landowners.
(c) Religious leaders.
(d) Government officials.

5. While David-Neel and Yongden found protection from the weather around noon, they had but a little dried Tibetan grain food called what?
(a) Star kha.
(b) Shing tog.
(c) Tshu lu ma.
(d) Tsampa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the term David-Neel used to describe the Tibetan prohibition of certain travelers?

2. 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?

3. One night David-Neel and Yongden slept outside a village to pass through early the next day to avoid attention, but what happened?

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. As Chapter V began, David-Neel and Yongden have convinced one of the shepherd peasants, known as what, to guide them to a pass?

(see the answer key)

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