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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It snowed again at night after Yongden limped all day, but David-Neel found a fence she followed to what type of structure with a shed?
(a) A small occupied house.
(b) A small empty house.
(c) A large occupied house.
(d) A large empty house.

2. David-Neel and Yongden had stopped where to eat one day when a wealthy woman traveling by horse also stopped and questioned them?
(a) By a pond near the path.
(b) Under a tree near the path.
(c) In a cave near the path.
(d) By a stream near the path.

3. Why was David-Neel confident by the start of Chapter VI that her disguise would not be questioned?
(a) She felt nobody would suspect a foreigner was so far into Tibet.
(b) She felt Yongden could keep her hidden if all else failed.
(c) She could always use Tibetans' fears of magic to hide herself.
(d) She had managed to hide herself thus far and could continue.

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

5. David-Neel and Yongden had a narrow escape when he was stopped by armed robbers on the path ahead of her when they took how many rupes and began to open his pack?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. David-Neel and Yongden built a lean-to to protect against the snow, but she awoke and found what?

2. What modern items did David-Neel carry hidden away with her?

3. What sudden, loud noise awakened David-Neel at the camp made after she and Yongden found the ridge marker and hiked down?

4. That evening, while guests of the man they shared their meal with, David-Neel asked their host where what other individuals lived?

5. Yongden cast what in the air to catch and consult prophets before he told the pilgrims that ahead they would come across a roadside shrine?

(see the answer key)

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