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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How often does Chang say visitors come to Shangri-La?
(a) often
(b) rarely
(c) every year
(d) never

3. 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

4. What does Mallinson believe when the plane takes off a second time?
(a) that they are on the wrong plane
(b) that they are being kidnapped
(c) that the pilot knows what he is doing
(d) that the plane is going to crash

5. What nourishment do they offer the four survivors?
(a) hot soup
(b) fruit and wine
(c) brandy
(d) yak jerky

6. As they start down, how does the weather change?
(a) it starts to rain
(b) it gets much colder
(c) the sun comes out
(d) the wind dies down

7. On board the ship to Honolulu, what does Conway play on the piano?
(a) Irish folk songs
(b) lively pieces he says were written by Chopin
(c) all the old British and American balads
(d) what he remembers of Mozart

8. Where is the opening scene of the novel?
(a) a plane out of India
(b) a flight to Baskul, a town in Persia
(c) at Heathrow Airport in London
(d) Tempelhof Airport near Berlin

9. What does Chang say is the core of their belief in Shangri-La?
(a) charity
(b) moderation
(c) abstenance
(d) isolationism

10. After leaving the airport, where do Rutherford and Green go?
(a) to the British Embassy
(b) to book a flight for Preshawar
(c) to a Buddhist temple
(d) to Rutherford's hotel room

11. What is Captain Charles Mallinson's position?
(a) Governor of Punjab
(b) H.M. Vice-Consul
(c) Ambassador to Siam
(d) RAF military attache

12. What does Conway believe that causes him to lead the group to the lamasery the pilot told him about?
(a) that they will all die trying to find it
(b) that it really does not exist
(c) that they will never find it
(d) that Buddhist monks are unlikely to murder them

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

14. What does Chang say Shangri-La avoids?
(a) severe fluctuations of weather
(b) death and disease
(c) avalanches from the mountains
(d) contamination from the outside world

15. How does Conway see Chang?
(a) as a person of high intelligence
(b) as a cruel captor
(c) as a man of mystery
(d) as a typical Chinese

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the name of Conway come up in the conversation?

2. What mountain range does Conway think might be below them?

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

4. What do the men do in the plane after giving up plans to take out the pilot?

5. What is the name Conway reads on his bathtub?

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