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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what village were David-Neel and Yongden able to replenish their provisions after their encounter with the strange lama?
(a) Tobgyai.
(b) Toingu.
(c) Toiba.
(d) Temo.

2. How many men did David-Neel describe marching in file in the wonderful spectacle that concluded her visit to Lhasa?
(a) Perhaps a thousand.
(b) Several thousand.
(c) Several hundred.
(d) Dozens.

3. When the lean-to failed, David-Neel and Yongden went on until noon when they found what to keep reasonably warm in?
(a) An empty summer barn.
(b) An empty summer cabin.
(c) An earthen cave
(d) An abandoned camp.

4. At the village where the pair replenished their provisions following their encounter with the strange lama, what did Yongden replace?
(a) His lama cap.
(b) His prayer flag.
(c) His ragged clothing.
(d) His medicinal healing bracelet.

5. The farmland was poor around the village David-Neel described in Po, heavily taxed, and anyone who left was pursued and what?
(a) Executed.
(b) Whipped.
(c) Jailed.
(d) Brought back.

6. How did David-Neel refer to the boarding husband whose assisting wife was injured?
(a) "The Commander."
(b) "The Sergeant."
(c) "The Colonel."
(d) "The Captain."

7. How was it David-Neel found the palace on the hill in Lhasa to appear from the exterior beyond enormous?
(a) Having many Buddha statues and prayer flags.
(b) Somewhat crude and plain.
(c) Colorfully decorated for the New Year.
(d) Artistically painted.

8. David-Neel wore a head cover as she entered the Lhasa palace, but who scolded her to remove it as hats were not to be worn inside?
(a) An elderly monk.
(b) An elderly doorkeeper.
(c) A young monk.
(d) A palace sentry.

9. The day after they got water, David-Neel and Yongden hiked toward their mountain pass top but were stunned to see a huge what ahead?
(a) River gorge.
(b) Jagged ridge.
(c) Expanse of snow.
(d) Placid lake.

10. 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 sprained his knee.
(b) He sprained his ankle.
(c) He broke his hip.
(d) He sprained his toes.

11. 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?
(a) He struck her.
(b) He ejected her.
(c) He cited her.
(d) He scolded her.

12. At the start of Chapter IV, David-Neel and Yongden approached the region known as Po with how many roads across it?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

13. The route through the Po region that was not on a map crossed how many mountain passes?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

14. David-Neel and Yongden walked through the pass after the guide left, and Yongden's fear that it would snow materialized when?
(a) In the middle afternoon.
(b) Shortly before sunset.
(c) Around sunset.
(d) Shortly past noon.

15. David-Neel briefly related how many Lhasa religious leaders endured persecution by the Tibetan government over which nationality?
(a) Bhutanese.
(b) Nepalese.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Mongolians.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On the third day after Yongden incurred his injury, he and David-Neel slowly limped how long before they realize they had gone the wrong way?

3. While David-Neel and Yongden found protection from the weather around noon, they had but a little dried Tibetan grain food called what?

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 Yongden eventually reached what type of marker placed at summits and passes to identify the path?

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