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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Returning to Conway, what does Mallinson think about doing?
(a) committing suicide
(b) kidnapping the High Lama
(c) forcing Conway to go with him at gun point
(d) blowing up Shangri-La and killing the High Lama

2. How does Mallinson challenge Conway?
(a) he calls Conway a coward
(b) he dares Conway to leave
(c) he offers to give up Lo-Tsen
(d) he says Conway has no proof

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

4. After Conway tells Mallinson what he knows about Shangri-La, what does Mallinson think about Conway?
(a) that he is trying to take Lo-Tsen from him
(b) that he will leave with him anyway
(c) that he is making the whole thing up
(d) that he has lost his mind

5. What does the High Lama say about Conway's condition after he stays there for several decades?
(a) he will still look like he is 40 years old
(b) he will never get sick
(c) he will never climb a mountain
(d) he will age more rapidly

6. Of the four in their group, what do all of them except Mallinson decide?
(a) they would like to stay in Shangri-La for awhile
(b) they need to have more conversation among themselves
(c) they would like to escape as soon as possible
(d) they will become accustomed to the food

7. Why does Barnard decide he wants to stay there?
(a) He has become lazy and spoiled
(b) If he leaves, he will be arrested
(c) He has fathered a child
(d) He has married a tibetan woman

8. What does Mallinson insist is their responsibility?
(a) to inform Chang of Barnard's real name
(b) to help catch Bryant
(c) to escape from their prison
(d) to help Barnard avoid arrest

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

10. What does Conway also learn from the High Lama?
(a) the mountain is crumbling
(b) the library is about to expand
(c) explorers are coming to the valley
(d) no one can leave Shangri-La

11. Before he dies, what does the High Lama give to Conway?
(a) a map for leaving Shangri-La
(b) a written record of Shangri-La
(c) the responsibility for Shangri-La
(d) a blessing for a happy life

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

13. What agitates Mallinson one night?
(a) Lo-Tsen has turned down his proposal
(b) He has married Lo-Tsen
(c) He has a plan to escape
(d) He wants to steal some gold

14. What does Chang do after he delivers Conway to the High Lama?
(a) makes tea
(b) leaves them alone
(c) stands guard at the door
(d) takes a seat next to the High Lama

15. What does Conway learn from Chang?
(a) that he was kidnapped and brought to the lamasery
(b) that he is only 22 years old
(c) that he will never become a lama
(d) that he spent the first five years as an ordinary man

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the High Lama say the Valley is free of?

2. As his dream of Shangri-La dissolves, what does Conway agree to do?

3. What will Conway lose the longer he lives in Shangri-La?

4. Who was the monk who came to the Valley of the Blue Moon in the 18th Century?

5. When he is with the others, what does Conway pretend?

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