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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. 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?
(a) Fired her pistol.
(b) Pointerd her pistol at the ground and yelled.
(c) Waved her pistol about over her head.
(d) Pointed her pistol at the strangers.

2. At what village were David-Neel and Yongden able to replenish their provisions after their encounter with the strange lama?
(a) Temo.
(b) Toiba.
(c) Toingu.
(d) Tobgyai.

3. What were the living arrangements in the small home where David-Neel rented a room while in Lhasa?
(a) The owner lived in two rooms and rented one.
(b) The owner lived in one room and rented two.
(c) The owner rented all three rooms.
(d) The owner lived in two rooms and rented two.

4. What type of visitors did David-Neel and Yongden wait for outside the Dalai Lama's traditional palace before they entered?
(a) Lamas.
(b) Pilgrims.
(c) Traders.
(d) Out-of-town New Year's celebrators.

5. David-Neel felt triumphant when they arrived within a few miles of Lhasa, but Yongden was more cautious as he feared they might run into what type of individuals before they reached the capital?
(a) Robbers.
(b) Officials.
(c) Religious figures.
(d) Suspicious locals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Using her pistol would not scare these armed robbers who would shoot back, so instead David-Neel did what?

2. While Yongden's injury was not severe, why were he an David-Neel in a difficult situation beyond her inability to carry him far?

3. On the night David-Neel had returned to their shelter near the fence, she awoke and imagined she heard what?

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter IV, how did David-Neel describe a river that she and Yongden had to cross, but had missed a bridge over it earlier?

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. 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?

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

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. 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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