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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. At the village where the pair replenished their provisions following their encounter with the strange lama, what did Yongden replace?
(a) His lama cap.
(b) His medicinal healing bracelet.
(c) His prayer flag.
(d) His ragged clothing.

2. What was Yongden's reaction when David-Neel reluctantly removed the cap she wore to cover her brown hair?
(a) He easily kept from laughing fearing detection.
(b) He was unable to keep from laughing.
(c) He had no reaction either way.
(d) He could hardly keep from laughing.

3. In the latter half of Chapter VI, David-Neel detailed that she learned that which friend had been forced out of his palace and into exile?
(a) The Panchen Lama.
(b) The Tenzin Lama.
(c) The Karamapa Lama.
(d) The Dalai Lama.

4. David-Neel and Yongden continued to trek along what river as they got ever nearer their goal?
(a) The Brahmaputra.
(b) The Kyi.
(c) The Saptakoshi.
(d) The Mekong.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As one of the two strangers bartered for items belonging to David-Neel and Yongden, the man kept looking back to the path as if he expected others to help rob them, so David-Neel did what?

2. David-Neel and Yongden hiked in descent from the marker they found until what time when they located a flat place to camp at?

3. After their guide left and he and David-Neel hike through the pass, Yongden's chief concerns were snow and what else?

4. While David-Neel an Yongden had heard stories about the Popas all having been robbers and possibly cannibals, how did she describe them as having been?

5. How was it David-Neel found the palace on the hill in Lhasa to appear from the exterior beyond enormous?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was it David-Neel went to the rescue of a dog?

2. How did Yongden depart the monastery where he met a monk who came from the region where Yongden's great-grandfather had been a lama?

3. What trap did David-Neel and Yongden set for their safety against potential robbers in a hut one night?

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

5. 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?

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

7. How did David-Neel describe Lhasa?

8. Why did David-Neel describe it as "a happy inspiration" when she chose the start of the year for her stay in Lhasa?

9. David-Neel was unable to find anyone to aid Yongden after his injury, but she managed to return with what?

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

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