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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the latter half of Chapter VI, David-Neel detailed that she learned that which friend had been forced out of his palace and into exile?
(a) The Karamapa Lama.
(b) The Dalai Lama.
(c) The Panchen Lama.
(d) The Tenzin Lama.

2. With a flat place to camp below the ridge marker and the range, why did David-Neel and Yonggden find it essential to build a fire?
(a) To cook.
(b) To keep animals away.
(c) To avoid pneumonia.
(d) To see.

3. This region David-Neel and Yongden were headed for as they left Tibet was located where?
(a) Southeast of Lhasa.
(b) Southwest of Lhasa.
(c) South of Lhasa.
(d) East of Mongolia.

4. One night a strange lama came up to the pair's fire seemingly out of nowhere, crouched near them, and remained silent for how long?
(a) A few minutes.
(b) Only a minute.
(c) A long time.
(d) Not at all.

5. What type of visitors did David-Neel and Yongden wait for outside the Dalai Lama's traditional palace before they entered?
(a) Traders.
(b) Out-of-town New Year's celebrators.
(c) Lamas.
(d) Pilgrims.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. As David-Neel and Yongden progressed into Tibet, they were stopped by officials who briefly questioned and then detained them when?

4. 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?

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

(see the answer key)

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