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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Chapter V began, David-Neel and Yongden have convinced one of the shepherd peasants, known as what, to guide them to a pass?
(a) An am chi.
(b) A skur srung ba.
(c) A ma chen.
(d) A dokpa.

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

3. As Chapter II ended, how did David-Neel salute an official after he gave Yongden a coin when she begged for alms?
(a) She put out her tongue as far as she could extend it.
(b) She put her arms in the air and chanted a traditional prayer.
(c) She put her hand on the official's head and wished him prosperity.
(d) She knelt on both knees and touched her face to the ground.

4. The day after David-Neel and Yongden camped following their descent from the ridge marker, how did the terrain affect their trek?
(a) It was sandy, and its slope greatly hindered them.
(b) It was rocky, and its slope greatly impeded them.
(c) It was neither hard nor sandy, but its slope slowed them.
(d) It was neither hard nor sandy, and its slope aided them.

5. 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 condut a weddingceremony.
(d) To perform birth rites of an infant.

Short Answer Questions

1. David-Neel and Yongden hiked in descent from the marker they found until what time when they located a flat place to camp at?

2. David-Neel and Yongden departed Lhasa as quietly as they had arrived how long prior?

3. David-Neel acted like she wished to learn locations from her host so she could beg from them, but what did she actually seek to determine?

4. What did David-Neel's luggage include a quantity of as she left Tibet that she obtained in Lhasa?

5. How did Yongden respond to David-Neel's admonishment after they left the village for having drawn so much attention with his actions?

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