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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disturbs Mallinson after the porters come and go without taking him with them?
(a) No porters will ever agree to take him away
(b) He will have to wait nine months for the next ones
(c) Blue Moon men are the ones who go for their supplies
(d) There really are no porters

2. What is Miss Brinklow's interest in the valley?
(a) their dress shops
(b) their diets
(c) their public schools
(d) their religions

3. What does Chang tell Barnard about newspapers at Shangri-La?
(a) there are old copies of the London Times
(b) there are no newspapers there
(c) there are old copies of Chinese newspapers
(d) newspapers are not available except to the lamas

4. What does Conway try to warn Mallinson about?
(a) Lo-Tsen's real age and what will happen to her if she leaves
(b) an approaching snow storm
(c) the guards around Shangri-La who will shoot to kill
(d) the dangers of avalanche on the mountains

5. Why does Barnard go frequently to the Valley of the Blue Moon?
(a) to drink and socialize
(b) to ask many questions
(c) to stay with a woman
(d) to get away from the others

6. What are the quarters of the High Lama like?
(a) an apartment with a low roof
(b) a room filled with memorabilia
(c) a set of luxurious suites
(d) a spacious throne room

7. As his dream of Shangri-La dissolves, what does Conway agree to do?
(a) cause an avalanche to bury Shangri-La
(b) tell Chang good-bye
(c) never tell anyone about Shangri-La
(d) go with Mallinson

8. What does Conway admit about himself?
(a) he does not like outside civilization
(b) he is not ambitious
(c) he resents that he has never been promoted
(d) he is driven by ambition

9. What happens with Conway and the Chinese girl?
(a) he teaches her to play the Chopin pieces
(b) he goes to her apartment
(c) he stops seeing her
(d) he falls in love with her

10. What does Mallinson want to know?
(a) what the High Lama looks like
(b) how soon they can leave
(c) if there are guards in the lamasery
(d) where the High Lama's rooms are

11. Why does Conway not approach Lo-Tsen about his love for her?
(a) he wants to worship her afar
(b) he doesn't think about it
(c) he fears rejection
(d) he feels there is plenty of time

12. How old was Father Perrault when he settled in the Valley in 1734?
(a) 66
(b) 42
(c) 25
(d) 53

13. Where do they decide they want to go?
(a) back to see the wreckage of the plane
(b) into the lamasery itslef
(c) up to the top of Karakal
(d) down into the populated valley below

14. What has Chang seen when people try to leave Shangri-La?
(a) they cannot exist in the outside world
(b) they have fatal accidents
(c) they suddenly show their true age
(d) they die at the border

15. What does Mallinson insist about Lo-Tsen?
(a) She is young and needs to get out of the dreary place
(b) She is young and in love with him
(c) She needs to go where her music will be heard
(d) She has been trying to leave ever since she arrived

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Barnard turn out to be?

2. How does Mallinson challenge Conway?

3. Of the four in their group, what do all of them except Mallinson decide?

4. What does Mallinson insist is their responsibility?

5. How long is it before Conway sees the High Lama again?

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