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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Pebbles.
(b) Marbles.
(c) Coins.
(d) Gems.

2. David-Neel and Yongden feared they might meet someone on the path near this unique village, so they hid in the forest until when?
(a) Just past sunset.
(b) Well past sunset.
(c) Nearly midnight.
(d) Nearly sunset.

3. How was it David-Neel described her decision to continue to walk out of Tibet?
(a) "A comfortable selection."
(b) "Somewhat less tiring minus a pack."
(c) "A less cumbersome approach."
(d) "A most enjoyable sport."

4. David-Neel assumed the disguise of a woman of what social class as she headed toward the border?
(a) Upper.
(b) Lower-middle.
(c) Lower.
(d) Upper-middle.

5. As one of the two strangers bartered for items belonging to David-Neel and Yongden, the man kept looking back to the path as if he expected others to help rob them, so David-Neel did what?
(a) Fired her pistol.
(b) Waved her pistol about over her head.
(c) Pointed her pistol at the strangers.
(d) Pointerd her pistol at the ground and yelled.

Short Answer Questions

1. David-Neel and Yongden later met up again with the pilgrims whose member had sore legs, and the pilgrims reported what?

2. Once it drove out the nation that controlled it, the Tibetan government closed their door to whom?

3. What were the living arrangements in the small home where David-Neel rented a room while in Lhasa?

4. Which agency sent David-Neel on her 1910 expedition?

5. David-Neel was delighted to be taken as a native, even when a policeman took what action when she tried to enter an area that was off limits to peasants?

(see the answer key)

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