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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men ask Miss Brinklow?
(a) if she is comfortable
(b) if she needs to change seats
(c) if she would like a drink
(d) if she minds if they smoke

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

3. What does Miss Brinklow want to do that Chang says is impossible?
(a) climb Karakal
(b) watch the monks at work
(c) buy some cosmetics
(d) get some cigarettes

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

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

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

7. What does Mallison insist about the flight?
(a) that the plane will be late
(b) that the seats are uncomfortable
(c) that the pilot is going off course
(d) that they are bucking a headwind

8. What do they have to do to get to the lamasery?
(a) go around the mountains
(b) put on more clothes
(c) climb the mountains
(d) use Conway's compass

9. What have the Tibetans used to measure Karakal?
(a) psychology
(b) extra sensory perception
(c) long ropes
(d) trigonometry

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

11. What is the condition of the pilot after the landing?
(a) tired
(b) angry
(c) hysterical
(d) unconscious

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

13. What are some of the treasures Conway enjoys at Shangri-La?
(a) fine fabrics, crystal glasses, and figurines
(b) violins, carved cabinets, and antiquities
(c) paintings, tapestries and ceramics of museum quality
(d) scrolls, letters, and manuscripts in Chinese

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

15. What is Conway's advice to the group?
(a) that they start meditating
(b) that they all stay allert
(c) that they play Bridge together
(d) that they work at getting along together

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Conway know about the terrain below?

2. When the plane lands to refuel, what do the passengers see out the window?

3. How does the weather change on the climb to get to the lamasery?

4. How often does Chang say visitors come to Shangri-La?

5. What does Mallinson think has happened to them?

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