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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 a lama might, what did David-Neel do before this well-dressed man who greeted her and moved on without a word?
(a) She laid her hand on his head.
(b) She laid her hand on his right shoulder.
(c) She laid her hand on his left shoulder.
(d) She laid her hand on his arm.

2. The morning after David-Neel's encounter with a well-dressed man, she lost and frantically looked for what before she found it?
(a) Her plates.
(b) Her forks and spoons.
(c) Her small compass.
(d) Her cups.

3. Yongden told David-Neel he thought the well-dressed man saw she was a lama and so saluted her, but she began to wonder what?
(a) If he had not recognized her from a previous trip.
(b) If he had not recognized her as a Westerner.
(c) If he had not become suspicious after he thought about it.
(d) If he might not report his suspicions to local authorities.

4. David-Neel and Yongden reached the mountain pass as a blizzard came over and forced them to endure the snow for how long?
(a) 3 full days.
(b) 1 full day.
(c) Nearly a week.
(d) 2 full days.

5. How was it David-Neel managed to meet the Dalai Lama?
(a) Through her persistence.
(b) Through her bribery.
(c) Through her double-dealing.
(d) Through her subterfuge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once it drove out the nation that controlled it, the Tibetan government closed their door to whom?

2. When Yongden went into the village to make purchases for David-Neel and himself, what did the lama he met ask of him?

3. At a river gorge in Tsawa, one crossed with what that was hung from a line secured to the sides of the ravine?

4. In 1910, the Dalai Lama was in exile in what location?

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

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 note about her trek up the mountains on her initial visit in Tibet?

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. Where had David-Neel traveled in Tibet prior to her journey into Lhasa?

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

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

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