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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What sudden, loud noise awakened David-Neel at the camp made after she and Yongden found the ridge marker and hiked down?
(a) Melting ice on a nearby river had cracked.
(b) Yongden had fired a shot to scare away a wolf.
(c) Close thunder had rumbled through the valley.
(d) A Tibetan hunter had fired his gun not far off.

3. As a lama might, what did David-Neel do before this well-dressed man who greeted her and moved on without a word?
(a) She laid her hand on his left shoulder.
(b) She laid her hand on his arm.
(c) She laid her hand on his right shoulder.
(d) She laid her hand on his head.

4. What ruse did David-Neel use to conceal her crossing with Yongden at the border into Tibet without her two Chinese servants knowing?
(a) She sent them on a joint errand, then crossed in their absence.
(b) She paid them as if they had arrived, then crossed when they left.
(c) She waited until they slept, then crossed without their knowing.
(d) She sent them on separate errands, then crossed in their absence.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. David-Neel and Yongden agreed to trade what in exchange for cheese the stranger who spied their open packs had?

2. In the last village David-Neel and Yongden came upon in Chapter V, how did the villagers respond as they passed through?

3. How did David-Neel refer to the boarding husband whose assisting wife was injured?

4. David-Neel wore a head cover as she entered the Lhasa palace, but who scolded her to remove it as hats were not to be worn inside?

5. The man David-Neel and Yongden shared their morning meal with invited them to spend that night at his home located where?

(see the answer key)

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