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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. David-Neel and Yongden stayed near the border with what individual from whom they concealed their intent to enter Tibet?
(a) A missionary.
(b) A shepherd.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A villager.

2. David-Neel was alarmed when a villager who stopped to share food noticed her pale hands and remarked they were like what?
(a) The moon.
(b) A white flower.
(c) Fresh snow.
(d) A philing's.

3. Yongden's success at "curing" the pilgrim's legs made him a bit of a what in the next village?
(a) Stooge.
(b) Celebrity.
(c) Obscurity.
(d) Nonentity.

4. David-Neel became a university professor in what country?
(a) Belgium.
(b) France.
(c) Luxembourg.
(d) England.

5. What excuse did Yongden give why David-Neel did not eat or speak when they came upon the group that passed earlier later at lunch?
(a) She was honoring a holy day, unable to eat or talk until sunset.
(b) She was the widow of a magician who mourned his recent passing.
(c) She was the wife of a magician and initiated in secret traditions.
(d) She was the mother of a lama who mourned his recent passing.

Short Answer 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?

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

3. The Dalai Lama was in exile in 1910 for what sort of troubles with a neighboring nation?

4. What pass did David-Neel and Yongden initially travel toward with two Chinese men hired to help carry their loads?

5. Once at the shrine, the pilgrims were instructed by Yongden to remain for how long, walking around it daily as they recited prayers?

(see the answer key)

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