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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Yongden had fired a shot to scare away a wolf.
(d) Close thunder had rumbled through the valley.

3. What were the living arrangements in the small home where David-Neel rented a room while in Lhasa?
(a) The owner lived in one room and rented two.
(b) The owner rented all three rooms.
(c) The owner lived in two rooms and rented one.
(d) The owner lived in two rooms and rented two.

4. Part of David-Neel's hair was still darkened with black ink when she took off her cap at the palace, and she had false black braids made from what animal?
(a) A goat.
(b) A sheep.
(c) A dog.
(d) A yak.

5. The last part of Chapter VI focused on David-Neel's worries as she and Yongden had to get approval at an official's residence in order to cross a river bridge and travel beyond it, but how did it end?
(a) She faked illness outside while Yongden got approval inside.
(b) Both went inside while Yongden got approval.
(c) She sat outside while Yongden got approval inside.
(d) The official was not home, so Yongden got approval from his son.

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

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

8. 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) Placid lake.
(c) Expanse of snow.
(d) Jagged ridge.

9. 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 late morning.
(b) Until middle afternoon.
(c) Until midday.
(d) Until early afternoon.

10. 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.

11. Tibet's chief religious leader only came to the Lhasa palace for ceremonies and lived mainly in one of several nearby lamaseries similar to what?
(a) Temples.
(b) Sanctuaries.
(c) Feudal manors.
(d) Monasteries.

12. Using her pistol would not scare these armed robbers who would shoot back, so instead David-Neel did what?
(a) She called out that it was disgraceful for the men to rob a lama.
(b) She cried out upon various terrible Tibetan deities to curse the men.
(c) She pleaded with the men who would take the last money of a lama.
(d) She yelled out that it was unforgiveable for the men to rob a lama.

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

14. In the last village David-Neel and Yongden came upon in Chapter V, how did the villagers respond as they passed through?
(a) They ran to their homes to shut the doors and windows.
(b) They stopped them and offered food, a few offered coins.
(c) They stood there and stared at them out of curiosity.
(d) They begged Yongden to tell fortunes and offer blessings.

15. David-Neel felt triumphant when they arrived within a few miles of Lhasa, but Yongden was more cautious as he feared they might run into what type of individuals before they reached the capital?
(a) Robbers.
(b) Religious figures.
(c) Suspicious locals.
(d) Officials.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the pageant David-Neel described at the end of Chapter VII called?

2. David-Neel chose to head toward the mountain road in part because it had never been what?

3. 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?

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

5. 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?

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