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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the plane lands to refuel, what do the passengers see out the window?
(a) a desolate frontier
(b) black figures moving about
(c) gasoline trucks
(d) only runway lights

2. What does Miss Brinklow have that surprises the men?
(a) a deck of playing cards
(b) a package of cigarettes
(c) some brandy she gives the pilot
(d) a small pistol for self defence

3. What is Karakal?
(a) a beautiful cone-shaped mountain
(b) a Tibetan form of greeting
(c) the road to Shangri-La
(d) the name of the nearest village

4. Who in the group is most anxious to get away from Shangri-La?
(a) Conway
(b) Miss Brinklow
(c) Mallinson
(d) Barnard

5. How does the name of Conway come up in the conversation?
(a) He was one of the passengers on the missing plane
(b) Tertius says he just got a letter from Conway
(c) Sanders says he saw him in Shanghai
(d) Green asks if anyone has heard from him

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Green, Rutherford, and Tertius have in common?

2. What sound do they hear as they climb?

3. Why are the British evacuating white residents from Baskul to Peshawar?

4. After leaving the airport, where do Rutherford and Green go?

5. After climbing up the mountain, what do they face next?

(see the answer key)

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