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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. Part of David-Neel's hair was still darkened with black ink when she took off her cap at the palace, and she had false black braids made from what animal?
(a) A sheep.
(b) A yak.
(c) A dog.
(d) A goat.

2. David-Neel and Yongden walked through the pass after the guide left, and Yongden's fear that it would snow materialized when?
(a) Shortly past noon.
(b) Shortly before sunset.
(c) Around sunset.
(d) In the middle afternoon.

3. What physical malady had David-Neel sustained the day after she followed the fence and found shelter?
(a) Completely frozen and blistered fingers.
(b) Frozen shoulder.
(c) Blisters and partially frozen toes.
(d) Walking pneumonia.

4. David-Neel and Yongden stopped in what village where she described the political situation for the people of the region?
(a) Xognga.
(b) Lazhuglung.
(c) Mukangsar.
(d) Tashi Tse.

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 him rewards in future lives.
(d) Bring his family benefits in future lives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the living arrangements in the small home where David-Neel rented a room while in Lhasa?

2. 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?

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

4. David-Neel and Yongden built a lean-to to protect against the snow, but she awoke and found what?

5. With a flat place to camp below the ridge marker and the range, why did David-Neel and Yonggden find it essential to build a fire?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. How did David-Neel describe Tibetan beds?

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

6. Given her hesitance due to its possible origin, how did David-Neel accept a piece of bread offered to her at the start of Chapter VI?

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 describe a typical bridge found in remote regions of Tibet?

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

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