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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. 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.

2. How was it David-Neel found the palace on the hill in Lhasa to appear from the exterior beyond enormous?
(a) Colorfully decorated for the New Year.
(b) Artistically painted.
(c) Having many Buddha statues and prayer flags.
(d) Somewhat crude and plain.

3. Tibet's chief religious leader only came to the Lhasa palace for ceremonies and lived mainly in one of several nearby lamaseries similar to what?
(a) Feudal manors.
(b) Temples.
(c) Sanctuaries.
(d) Monasteries.

4. On the evening David-Neel and Yongden had returned to their shelter near the fence, she checked her calendar and discovered it was what date?
(a) January 1.
(b) December 25.
(c) December 24.
(d) December 31.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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. The day after they got water, David-Neel and Yongden hiked toward their mountain pass top but were stunned to see a huge what ahead?

4. The route through the Po region that was not on a map crossed how many mountain passes?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did David-Neel describe Lhasa?

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. How did David-Neel describe Tibetan beds?

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

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