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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. How did David-Neel refer to the boarding husband whose assisting wife was injured?
(a) "The Colonel."
(b) "The Captain."
(c) "The Commander."
(d) "The Sergeant."

2. On the third day after Yongden incurred his injury, he and David-Neel slowly limped how long before they realize they had gone the wrong way?
(a) Until midday.
(b) Until early afternoon.
(c) Until middle afternoon.
(d) Until late morning.

3. How many men did David-Neel describe marching in file in the wonderful spectacle that concluded her visit to Lhasa?
(a) Dozens.
(b) Perhaps a thousand.
(c) Several thousand.
(d) Several hundred.

4. 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) An am chi.
(b) A dokpa.
(c) A skur srung ba.
(d) A ma chen.

5. As well as some money David-Neel and Yongden gave him, they told their guide that his having led them to the pass would do what?
(a) Keep his flock healthy in the future.
(b) Bring him and his family happiness.
(c) Bring his family benefits in future lives.
(d) Bring him rewards in future lives.

Short Answer Questions

1. This pageant, described at the end of Chapter VII, was a grand procession that included trumpets, some of which were how many feet long and borne on the shoulders of several men?

2. How were the large drums played in the final procession the author described?

3. What physical malady had David-Neel sustained the day after she followed the fence and found shelter?

4. While David-Neel and Yongden found protection from the weather around noon, they had but a little dried Tibetan grain food called what?

5. What was Yongden's reaction when David-Neel reluctantly removed the cap she wore to cover her brown hair?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did David-Neel describe the manner in which Asians approached respecting others who slept?

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

3. As she was unable to return before dark, how did David-Neel find the cave Yongden had remained in after is injury?

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. Why was it a cowman and his wife sought Yongden to perform rites for their dead son?

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

8. How did David-Neel depict the temperature as she and Yongden embarked at the beginning of Chapter V?

9. How did David-Neel depict the manner in which she and Yongden crossed the last river that separated them from Lhasa?

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

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