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

2. As Chapter V began, David-Neel and Yongden have convinced one of the shepherd peasants, known as what, to guide them to a pass?
(a) A ma chen.
(b) A skur srung ba.
(c) An am chi.
(d) A dokpa.

3. 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 well.
(b) A lake.
(c) A river.
(d) A brook.

4. Where were David-Neel and Yongden drifting off to sleep as Chapter IV came to an end?
(a) In a camp built near a mountain stream.
(b) In the house of a mountain villager.
(c) In the house of a well-off farm family.
(d) In the barn of an abandoned farm.

5. The day after David-Neel and Yongden camped following their descent from the ridge marker, how did the terrain affect their trek?
(a) It was rocky, and its slope greatly impeded them.
(b) It was neither hard nor sandy, and its slope aided them.
(c) It was sandy, and its slope greatly hindered them.
(d) It was neither hard nor sandy, but its slope slowed them.

Short Answer Questions

1. David-Neel and Yongden agreed to trade what in exchange for cheese the stranger who spied their open packs had?

2. David-Neel and Yongden had a narrow escape when he was stopped by armed robbers on the path ahead of her when they took how many rupes and began to open his pack?

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

4. The route through the Po region that was not on a map crossed how many mountain passes?

5. At what village were David-Neel and Yongden able to replenish their provisions after their encounter with the strange lama?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of Chapter VI, which two women did David-Neel describe she met near the Kha Karpo?

2. In Chapter VI, why did Yongden stay for a long time inside a monastery while David-Neel remained outside?

3. As she waited for Yongden outside a monastery, David-Neel took up the offer of a passing woman she met to spend the night at her home and was later particularly impressed for what reason?

4. What appeal did Yongden make to David-Neel when she reached the candlelit cave after she unsuccessfully sought aid for him?

5. On the day David-Neel and Yongden left the earthen cave and Yongden stumbled on his improvised crutch past dark, how did they make their way into the structures David-Neel came upon by following a fence in the deep snow?

6. How was it David-Neel initially described the palace in Lhasa?

7. How did David-Neel describe Tibetan beds?

8. How did David-Neel describe Lhasa?

9. How did their encounter go with the first individuals David-Neel and Yongden came upon after they crossed the pass and Yongden had sustained his injury?

10. What did David-Neel note about the maps of Tibet that she carried?

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