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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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 earthen cave
(b) An empty summer cabin.
(c) An abandoned camp.
(d) An empty summer barn.

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

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

6. David-Neel and Yongden hiked in descent from the marker they found until what time when they located a flat place to camp at?
(a) 10 p.m.
(b) 4 a.m.
(c) 12 a.m.
(d) 2 a.m.

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

8. 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) Being disscovered.
(d) Their dwindling water supply.

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

10. In the latter half of Chapter VI, David-Neel detailed that she learned that which friend had been forced out of his palace and into exile?
(a) The Dalai Lama.
(b) The Karamapa Lama.
(c) The Panchen Lama.
(d) The Tenzin Lama.

11. As David-Neel and Yongden trekked toward a Po mountain path, they ran short of water, and what was their only source located far below?
(a) A brook.
(b) A lake.
(c) A river.
(d) A well.

12. David-Neel left the next morning for aid she might find for Yongden, but unsuccessful she returned that night with what that she had found?
(a) Nuts to add to their supply.
(b) Fuel for a fire.
(c) Sticks to make a sprain splint.
(d) Water to replenish their supply.

13. Yongden could stand the day after David-Neel returned, so she helped him down to the forest and found what about the path?
(a) It was nearly unmarked.
(b) It was well marked.
(c) It was only sporadically marked.
(d) It was fairly well marked.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. David-Neel and Yongden walked through the pass after the guide left, and Yongden's fear that it would snow materialized when?

2. David-Neel briefly related how many Lhasa religious leaders endured persecution by the Tibetan government over which nationality?

3. 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?

4. What title did the strange lama who came up to the pair's fire address David-Neel by?

5. 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?

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