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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens on the ship after Conway becomes depressed?
(a) he goes to his cabin and refuses to come out
(b) he attempts several times to jump overboard
(c) for twenty hours he pours his heart out to Rutherford
(d) he goes on a hunger strike

2. How does Conway classify the land below?
(a) beautiful and interesting
(b) easy to signal aricraft flying over
(c) mesa land good for putting down a plane
(d) remote and inaccessable

3. Where is Conway pretty sure they have landed?
(a) near the Chinese border
(b) beyond the western range of the Himalayas
(c) miles away from Tibet
(d) on the back side of Mt. Everest

4. What begins to worry Conway as they fly on?
(a) what they will eat
(b) when they will run out of fuel
(c) how they will stay warm when the plane lands
(d) how much water is left on board

5. What do Green, Rutherford, and Tertius have in common?
(a) they are all novelists
(b) they are British agents
(c) they are all traveling to Baskul
(d) they are old school chums

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Conway believe that causes him to lead the group to the lamasery the pilot told him about?

2. What happens when they attempt to speak to the pilot?

3. How does the plane eventually land?

4. Where had Rutherford found Conway?

5. Where is the opening scene of the novel?

(see the answer key)

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