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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. The farmland was poor around the village David-Neel described in Po, heavily taxed, and anyone who left was pursued and what?
(a) Jailed.
(b) Brought back.
(c) Executed.
(d) Whipped.

2. The armed robbers returned the money and begged David-Neel not to curse them anymore out of fear when Yongden told them she was a what?
(a) Philing.
(b) Ponpo.
(c) Gompchen.
(d) Nagspa.

3. 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 late morning.
(b) Until midday.
(c) Until middle afternoon.
(d) Until early afternoon.

4. While Yongden's injury was not severe, why were he an David-Neel in a difficult situation beyond her inability to carry him far?
(a) They had little fuel and no water.
(b) They had no fuel and little food.
(c) They had little fuel and no food.
(d) He could not walk far and they had no food.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the pageant David-Neel described at the end of Chapter VII called?

3. How many men did David-Neel describe marching in file in the wonderful spectacle that concluded her visit to Lhasa?

4. David-Neel left the next morning for aid she might find for Yongden, but unsuccessful she returned that night with what that she had found?

5. David-Neel and Yongden continued to trek along what river as they got ever nearer their goal?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did David-Neel describe what the Tibetans had lost in their separation from China?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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