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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. David-Neel and Yongden had a narrow escape when he was stopped by armed robbers on the path ahead of her when they took how many rupes and began to open his pack?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

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

3. David-Neel and Yongden built a lean-to to protect against the snow, but she awoke and found what?
(a) Snow and ice collapsed it.
(b) Snow severly sagged it.
(c) Freezing rain flooded it.
(d) Ice severly sagged it.

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 food.
(b) He could not walk far and they had no food.
(c) They had no fuel and little food.
(d) They had little fuel and no water.

5. What did a stranger attempt to bargain for when he saw David-Neel and Yongden's open packs as they ate breakfast one morning?
(a) Her two common spoons.
(b) Her wo tea cups.
(c) Her small compass.
(d) Her folding knife.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What physical malady had David-Neel sustained the day after she followed the fence and found shelter?

3. When the lean-to failed, David-Neel and Yongden went on until noon when they found what to keep reasonably warm in?

4. David-Neel briefly related how many Lhasa religious leaders endured persecution by the Tibetan government over which nationality?

5. As they hiked toward the mountain top but could not see the pass, David-Neel and Yongden made what decision?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did David-Neel describe Lhasa?

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

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

4. How did David-Neel describe Tibetan beds?

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

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

7. Why was it a cowman and his wife sought Yongden to perform rites for their dead son?

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

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 describe what the Tibetans had lost in their separation from China?

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