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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As well as some money David-Neel and Yongden gave him, they told their guide that his having led them to the pass would do what?
(a) Bring his family benefits in future lives.
(b) Bring him and his family happiness.
(c) Keep his flock healthy in the future.
(d) Bring him rewards in future lives.

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

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

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

5. 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 small compass.
(c) Her wo tea cups.
(d) Her two common spoons.

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

7. What physical malady had David-Neel sustained the day after she followed the fence and found shelter?
(a) Walking pneumonia.
(b) Completely frozen and blistered fingers.
(c) Frozen shoulder.
(d) Blisters and partially frozen toes.

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 small compass and the tent.
(b) The common spoons and the needles.
(c) The tent and the common spoons.
(d) The needles and the small compass.

9. The armed robbers returned the money and begged David-Neel not to curse them anymore out of fear when Yongden told them she was a what?
(a) Philing.
(b) Gompchen.
(c) Nagspa.
(d) Ponpo.

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

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

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

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

14. David-Neel and Yongden agreed to trade what in exchange for cheese the stranger who spied their open packs had?
(a) Binoculars.
(b) Needles.
(c) Tea.
(d) Two spoons.

15. After their guide left and he and David-Neel hike through the pass, Yongden's chief concerns were snow and what else?
(a) Possible bands of thieves.
(b) Their dwindling food supply.
(c) Their dwindling water supply.
(d) Being disscovered.

Short Answer Questions

1. Yongden could stand the day after David-Neel returned, so she helped him down to the forest and found what about the path?

2. Many pilgrims had arrived in Lhasa for the New Year celebrations, so how long was it until David-Neel obtained a place to stay?

3. What type of visitors did David-Neel and Yongden wait for outside the Dalai Lama's traditional palace before they entered?

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

5. 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?

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