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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Miss Brinklow want to know about?
(a) education at Shangri-La
(b) the shops in Shangri-La
(c) the religion of Shangri-La
(d) other women in Shangri-La

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

4. What is the name Conway reads on his bathtub?
(a) Akron, Ohio
(b) Detroit, Michigan
(c) Fresno, California
(d) Atlanta, Georgia

5. What does the American attempt to do?
(a) make jokes about their situation
(b) unlock the cockpit door
(c) open the door to jump out
(d) find a weapon in the plane

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

7. When they are in sight of the lamasery, what do they see?
(a) thousands of lanterns
(b) people waiting to greet them
(c) several pavilions as colorful as flowers
(d) an avalanche coming down Karakal

8. What do Mallinson and Miss Brinklow conclude about the pilot?
(a) that he's a kidnapper
(b) that he's a secret agent
(c) that he's harmless
(d) that he's insane

9. What sound do they hear as they climb?
(a) rumbling drums
(b) avalanches
(c) planes overhead
(d) the cry of yaks

10. Who are the men dressed in sheepskins, fur hats and yak skin boots?
(a) Europeans
(b) Tibetans
(c) Africans
(d) Chinese

11. As they talk about overpowering the pilot, what stops them?
(a) he has a gun and none of them can fly a plane
(b) they reason that one or two of them would get killed
(c) they cannot get the cockpit door open
(d) they don't know how much fuel is left in the plane

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

13. What do the men do in the plane after giving up plans to take out the pilot?
(a) have a cigar
(b) start to drink brandy
(c) go immediately to sleep
(d) plan what to do when they land

14. What does the Mother superior say about Conway?
(a) he plays the piano very well
(b) he could only speak Chinese
(c) he came from the Himalayas
(d) he was dressed shabbily and had been very ill

15. What has Miss Brinklow heard about the Tibetans?
(a) that they are odd people
(b) that they detest any outsiders
(c) that they are very hospitable
(d) that they seldom speak

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rutherford give Green?

2. Where is the opening scene of the novel?

3. How does the plane eventually land?

4. What do the men ask Miss Brinklow?

5. What is the subject of Green's book that Rutherford read?

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