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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 they hiked toward the mountain top but could not see the pass, David-Neel and Yongden made what decision?
(a) To ascend eastward.
(b) To turn westward.
(c) To descend eastward.
(d) To go straight ahead.

2. 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 Karamapa Lama.
(b) The Tenzin Lama.
(c) The Dalai Lama.
(d) The Panchen Lama.

3. After their guide left and he and David-Neel hike through the pass, Yongden's chief concerns were snow and what else?
(a) Their dwindling water supply.
(b) Being disscovered.
(c) Possible bands of thieves.
(d) Their dwindling food supply.

4. When the lean-to failed, David-Neel and Yongden went on until noon when they found what to keep reasonably warm in?
(a) An abandoned camp.
(b) An empty summer cabin.
(c) An earthen cave
(d) An empty summer barn.

5. Using her pistol would not scare these armed robbers who would shoot back, so instead David-Neel did what?
(a) She yelled out that it was unforgiveable for the men to rob a lama.
(b) She called out that it was disgraceful for the men to rob a lama.
(c) She cried out upon various terrible Tibetan deities to curse the men.
(d) She pleaded with the men who would take the last money of a lama.

Short Answer Questions

1. David-Neel and a boarder's wife became embroiled in a domestic fight when they aided the wife of their drunkard host, a matter that ended with David-Neel being informed she would have to do what?

2. David-Neel and Yongden agreed to trade what in exchange for cheese the stranger who spied their open packs had?

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

4. David-Neel chose to head toward the mountain road in part because it had never been what?

5. David-Neel and Yongden looked for a place to camp and saw a patch of yellow near their water source that turned out to be what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. How did David-Neel describe Tibetan beds?

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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