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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom was David-Neel a guest of in Tibet for a time prior to her Lhasa trip?
(a) The Red Cap Lama.
(b) The Lama Yongden.
(c) The Penchen Lama.
(d) The Dalai Lama.

2. When Yongden went into the village to make purchases for David-Neel and himself, what did the lama he met ask of him?
(a) To perform prayer rituals.
(b) To perform funeral rites.
(c) To perform birth rites of an infant.
(d) To condut a weddingceremony.

3. After being delayed in the one village, David-Neel remained at their camp outside another that night, and Yongden went inside to purchase what?
(a) Incense.
(b) Ointment.
(c) Food.
(d) Wine.

4. What physical malady had David-Neel sustained the day after she followed the fence and found shelter?
(a) Walking pneumonia.
(b) Completely frozen and blistered fingers.
(c) Blisters and partially frozen toes.
(d) Frozen shoulder.

5. 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?
(a) Cautious and curious.
(b) Friendly and hospitable.
(c) Concerned and vigilant.
(d) Uninterested and unconcerned.

Short Answer Questions

1. David-Neel chose to head toward the mountain road in part because it had never been what?

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?

3. On the evening David-Neel and Yongden had returned to their shelter near the fence, she checked her calendar and discovered it was what date?

4. David-Neel and the other passenger hung suspended over the gorge until one of the ferrymen did what?

5. As David-Neel and Yongden traveled farther, they were more sure of being taken as pilgrims and stayed with whom instead of in forests?

(see the answer key)

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