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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When he wakes up, what does Conway see out his window?
(a) lightning in the clouds
(b) the lights of a runway
(c) the lights of a large city
(d) snow covered peaks and glaciers

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

5. As the survivors head out to find the lamasery, what do they see?
(a) four men carrying guns
(b) four men waving a blue flag
(c) four men leading a llama
(d) four men carrying a litter

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Rutherford found Conway?

2. What does Mallinson think has happened to them?

3. What happens when they attempt to speak to the pilot?

4. On a walk, what does Conway overhear about how they were brought to Shangri-La?

5. Where does Mallinson want to be taken?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mallinson interrupt the conversation at dinner?

2. Describe what the conditions are like for the stranded passengers that night.

3. Describe what it is that Rutherford leaves with Green that night.

4. How is the traveling going up the mountains?

5. What is the conversation Chang and Conway have?

6. What do the other passengers appreciate about Conway?

7. What do they witness when the plane stops to refuel?

8. Who are the four passengers on board the plane?

9. What is the question Conway asks of the group of Britons and one American?

10. How does the novel begin?

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