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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As they hiked toward the mountain top but could not see the pass, David-Neel and Yongden made what decision?
(a) To ascend eastward.
(b) To turn westward.
(c) To go straight ahead.
(d) To descend eastward.

2. David-Neel and a boarder's wife became embroiled in a domestic fight when they aided the wife of their drunkard host, a matter that ended with David-Neel being informed she would have to do what?
(a) Testify for both wives.
(b) Testify for the drunkard host's wife.
(c) Find another place to stay.
(d) Testify for the boarder's wife.

3. As David-Neel and Yongden moved along the mountain path, what did they learn about high passes from villagers they begged shelter from?
(a) All were probably open.
(b) One was probably closed.
(c) All were probably closed,
(d) One was definitely closed.

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) Not at all.
(c) A long time.
(d) Only a minute.

5. 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 neither hard nor sandy, and its slope aided them.
(b) It was neither hard nor sandy, but its slope slowed them.
(c) It was sandy, and its slope greatly hindered them.
(d) It was rocky, and its slope greatly impeded them.

6. 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.

7. On the evening David-Neel and Yongden had returned to their shelter near the fence, she checked her calendar and discovered it was what date?
(a) January 1.
(b) December 31.
(c) December 24.
(d) December 25.

8. The stranger supposedly went to get his cheese, but he quickly came back with another man and they began to barter for what?
(a) The needles and the small compass.
(b) The common spoons and the needles.
(c) The tent and the common spoons.
(d) The small compass and the tent.

9. David-Neel and Yongden eventually reached what type of marker placed at summits and passes to identify the path?
(a) Latza.
(b) Bod ja.
(c) Rku ba.
(d) Dril bu.

10. While David-Neel and Yongden found protection from the weather around noon, they had but a little dried Tibetan grain food called what?
(a) Tshu lu ma.
(b) Shing tog.
(c) Star kha.
(d) Tsampa.

11. Where were David-Neel and Yongden drifting off to sleep as Chapter IV came to an end?
(a) In the barn of an abandoned farm.
(b) In the house of a well-off farm family.
(c) In the house of a mountain villager.
(d) In a camp built near a mountain stream.

12. David-Neel and Yongden continued to trek along what river as they got ever nearer their goal?
(a) The Mekong.
(b) The Saptakoshi.
(c) The Kyi.
(d) The Brahmaputra.

13. What was Yongden's reaction when David-Neel reluctantly removed the cap she wore to cover her brown hair?
(a) He easily kept from laughing fearing detection.
(b) He had no reaction either way.
(c) He could hardly keep from laughing.
(d) He was unable to keep from laughing.

14. After David-Neel and Yongden slept the rest of the day and night out of the snow, Yongden hurt himself how the next day?
(a) He broke his hip.
(b) He sprained his toes.
(c) He sprained his knee.
(d) He sprained his ankle.

15. How were these roads across Po described to David-Neel and Yongden?
(a) Two were well-traveled, the other unmapped.
(b) Four were well-traveled, the other unmapped.
(c) Three were well-traveled, the other unmapped.
(d) One was well-traveled, the other unmapped.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The palace in Lhasa was full of beautifully decorated rooms, mostly the work of skilled artists from what country?

3. At the village where the pair replenished their provisions following their encounter with the strange lama, what did Yongden replace?

4. After their guide left and he and David-Neel hike through the pass, Yongden's chief concerns were snow and what else?

5. The route through the Po region that was not on a map crossed how many mountain passes?

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