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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Yongden was what type of lama widely recognized as having the ability to tell fortunes and perform exorcisms and other mystic rites?
(a) A Sakya.
(b) A Penchen.
(c) A Nyingma.
(d) A Red Cap.

2. When Yongden went into the village to make purchases for David-Neel and himself, what did the lama he met ask of him?
(a) To condut a weddingceremony.
(b) To perform birth rites of an infant.
(c) To perform funeral rites.
(d) To perform prayer rituals.

3. David-Neel and the other passenger hung suspended over the gorge until one of the ferrymen did what?
(a) Slid by a loop on the suspension line and reattached the towline.
(b) Climbed on the suspension line and reattached the towline.
(c) Held on the towline, cast them the other end, and it wasreattached.
(d) Hung from the suspension line to swing it so they would slide in.

4. Yongden was stopped by a pilgrim group who sought his aid for which of their members whose legs they believed hurt due to a demon?
(a) A boy.
(b) A girl.
(c) A man.
(d) A woman.

5. The villagers in the outer regions of Tibet were forced to join a kind of militia but were called into service only for what?
(a) Perimeter security.
(b) Necessary situations.
(c) Final lines of defense.
(d) Initial lines of defense.

Short Answer Questions

1. As David-Neel and Yongden ate one morning, a man they recognized approached from what group of individuals that gave them alms earlier?

2. What excuse did Yongden give why David-Neel did not eat or speak when they came upon the group that passed earlier later at lunch?

3. What did David-Neel and Lama Yongden pose themselves as to enter Tibet undetected?

4. Whom did David-Neel identify as having carried a concealed revolver on the journey to Lhasa?

5. David-Neel and Yongden had stopped where to eat one day when a wealthy woman traveling by horse also stopped and questioned them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did David-Neel note about her trek up the mountains on her initial visit in Tibet?

2. What did David-Neel describe as she opened in Chapter I?

3. How did David-Neel describe the initial encounter she and Yongden had with others on their trek within Tibet?

4. What was Yongden's response when he was approached to perform rites for someone who had died as Chapter I closed?

5. How did David-Neel describe travel in Tibet as she approached the pass called Tong la?

6. How did David-Neel describe she was able to meet the Dalai Lama?

7. When David-Neel and Yongden came down from the pass called Tong la, what did she learn about the river she found in front of her?

8. As David-Neel and Yongden approached the Pedo monastery, what transpired?

9. How did David-Neel describe the scenery of the Nu Valley?

10. What did David-Neel immediately describe at the opening of Chapter II?

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