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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. As David-Neel and Yongden ate one morning, a man they recognized approached from what group of individuals that gave them alms earlier?
(a) Village chiefs.
(b) Religious leaders.
(c) Tibetan soldiers.
(d) Wealthy landowners.

2. That evening, while guests of the man they shared their meal with, David-Neel asked their host where what other individuals lived?
(a) Religious leaders.
(b) Military members.
(c) Wealthy landowners.
(d) Government officials.

3. David-Neel and Yongden later met up again with the pilgrims whose member had sore legs, and the pilgrims reported what?
(a) They were slow to heal.
(b) They were completely healed.
(c) They were feeling better.
(d) They were free of the demon.

4. At a river gorge in Tsawa, one crossed with what that was hung from a line secured to the sides of the ravine?
(a) A net sack.
(b) A loop of leather.
(c) A large basket.
(d) A wooden barrel.

5. Once it drove out the nation that controlled it, the Tibetan government closed their door to whom?
(a) All foreigners except those already residing there.
(b) All foreigners except by rare special permission.
(c) All Westerners except by rare special permission.
(d) Only Indians except by rare special permission.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the term David-Neel used to describe the Tibetan prohibition of certain travelers?

3. David-Neel described a stew prepared from what that she found disgusting but had to eat a bit of to avoid suspicion?

4. When was it David-Neel initially entered Tibet?

5. At the start of Chapter II, David-Neel and Yongden traveled in more densely inhabited areas and through several villages at what time?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were David-Neel and Yongden advised by a local man to go to the Pedo monastery?

2. What did David-Neel initially discover when she crossed the pass into Tibet for the first time?

3. What was it Alexandra David-Neel wrote she craved to do as a young child?

4. How did David-Neel note this departure into Tibet differed from some of her earlier experiences?

5. Why did the locals use the phrase "Vulture's Cemetery" to describe the highest peak in the Kha Karpo range?

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

7. What event that David-Neel described as both "comical" and "unpleasant" transpired when she dyed her hair with Chinese ink to complete her disguise?

8. What did David-Neel note when she and Yongden arrived within the Dainshin province?

9. Why was it David-Neel had never previously entertained the thought of going to Lhasa on her earlier treks into Tibet?

10. One morning as she filled her bowl at the river, David-Neel heard Yongden being approached by a peasant who inquired of him what three questions asked at every encounter?

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