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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Until midday.
(b) Until middle afternoon.
(c) Until early afternoon.
(d) Until late morning.

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 see.
(c) To avoid pneumonia.
(d) To keep animals away.

3. Why was David-Neel confident by the start of Chapter VI that her disguise would not be questioned?
(a) She had managed to hide herself thus far and could continue.
(b) She could always use Tibetans' fears of magic to hide herself.
(c) She felt nobody would suspect a foreigner was so far into Tibet.
(d) She felt Yongden could keep her hidden if all else failed.

4. What did a stranger attempt to bargain for when he saw David-Neel and Yongden's open packs as they ate breakfast one morning?
(a) Her folding knife.
(b) Her two common spoons.
(c) Her small compass.
(d) Her wo tea cups.

5. 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 dokpa.
(d) A ma chen.

6. What sudden, loud noise awakened David-Neel at the camp made after she and Yongden found the ridge marker and hiked down?
(a) A Tibetan hunter had fired his gun not far off.
(b) Melting ice on a nearby river had cracked.
(c) Close thunder had rumbled through the valley.
(d) Yongden had fired a shot to scare away a wolf.

7. David-Neel and Yongden built a lean-to to protect against the snow, but she awoke and found what?
(a) Freezing rain flooded it.
(b) Ice severly sagged it.
(c) Snow and ice collapsed it.
(d) Snow severly sagged it.

8. While David-Neel an Yongden had heard stories about the Popas all having been robbers and possibly cannibals, how did she describe them as having been?
(a) Cautious and curious.
(b) Concerned and vigilant.
(c) Uninterested and unconcerned.
(d) Friendly and hospitable.

9. What temple was the second most important place David-Neel wished to visit, as there she could view a statue of the Buddha that reportedly was from India?
(a) The JTo Khang.
(b) The Kagyu.
(c) The Jo Sakya.
(d) The Nyingma.

10. David-Neel and Yongden stopped in what village where she described the political situation for the people of the region?
(a) Tashi Tse.
(b) Xognga.
(c) Lazhuglung.
(d) Mukangsar.

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

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

13. What was the pageant David-Neel described at the end of Chapter VII called?
(a) Sho Dun.
(b) Tsong Khapa.
(c) Losar.
(d) Serpang.

14. David-Neel and Yongden had a narrow escape when he was stopped by armed robbers on the path ahead of her when they took how many rupes and began to open his pack?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. David-Neel and Yongden agreed to trade what in exchange for cheese the stranger who spied their open packs had?

3. What physical malady had David-Neel sustained the day after she followed the fence and found shelter?

4. The day after David-Neel and Yongden camped following their descent from the ridge marker, how did the terrain affect their trek?

5. As they hiked toward the mountain top but could not see the pass, David-Neel and Yongden made what decision?

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