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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 on a hunger strike
(b) he goes to his cabin and refuses to come out
(c) he attempts several times to jump overboard
(d) for twenty hours he pours his heart out to Rutherford

2. Why is Conway unconcerned about when they will arrive in Preshawar?
(a) he fears that war has broken out there
(b) he doesn't have anyone to meet him there
(c) he doesn't want to go there
(d) he thinks everything is all right

3. As they take off, what does Mallinson observe and mention to Conway?
(a) some passengers did not arrive
(b) the pilot is not Fenner
(c) the fog is rolling in
(d) the engines sound strange

4. Where had the pilot told Conway they are?
(a) in Tibet near a place called Shangri-La
(b) in Nepal near the chinese border
(c) in the Swiss Alps
(d) in Pakistan near Mr. Everest

5. How long has it been since Rutherford last saw Conway?
(a) a few months
(b) a few days
(c) a few years
(d) a few weeks

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Conway get away from Rutherford in Honolulu?

2. When Sanders joins the three men, what does he talk about?

3. Why has Conway been satisfied with his position in Baskul?

4. Where is the opening scene of the novel?

5. What does the pilot do when he regains consciousness?

(see the answer key)

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