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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Yongden could stand the day after David-Neel returned, so she helped him down to the forest and found what about the path?

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

3. The palace in Lhasa was full of beautifully decorated rooms, mostly the work of skilled artists from what country?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. 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?

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

While Yongden was devout in his religious beliefs, he frequently combined it in a practical fashion when he approached daily situations. David-Neel and her adopted came upon an elderly couple whose goat that was carrying their luggage managed to run off. Examine how Yongden approached the matter to remedy the current as well potential associated problems.

Essay Topic 2

David-Neel noted that numerous methods were customarily followed the initial month of each year in Tibet to seek omens concerning the future. She then went on to describe one. Elaborate on what the author witnessed. Consider why she found it "a rather strange way" of predicting the future. What was the outcome in this particular episode?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the circumstances surrounding Yongden and David-Neel having stopped for tea in the village of Wabo. What reasons did the author provide for why they "ought never to have conceived of" resting for tea and letting their guard down?

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