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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. Why do they not talk much on the way to the lamasery?
(a) because of the thin air at that altitude
(b) because they are plotting an escape
(c) because they are too far apart
(d) because they are too excited

2. What does Mallinson think has happened to them?
(a) they are actually dead
(b) they have been kidnapped
(c) they have lost their minds
(d) they are all having the same dream

3. What precaution do the Tibetans take for their safety?
(a) put them in back
(b) tie them together with ropes
(c) warn them to be very quiet
(d) light signal fires along the way

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

5. On board the ship to Honolulu, what does Conway play on the piano?
(a) what he remembers of Mozart
(b) Irish folk songs
(c) all the old British and American balads
(d) lively pieces he says were written by Chopin

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Brinklow want to do that Chang says is impossible?

2. Who does Chang say they can employ to lead them out of Shangri-La?

3. Why does Rutherford say he read Green's book?

4. Who is Lo-Tsen?

5. What is the name Conway reads on his bathtub?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain the speculation about where they are while in the air after refueling.

3. How does Chang discuss the practices and beliefs of the lamas?

4. Who was on the plane that disappeared?

5. Give Mallinson's reply to Conway's question.

6. Why does Conway start leading the group in a particular direction?

7. How is the traveling going up the mountains?

8. Describe what the survivors of the plane crash see coming toward them.

9. What raises questions among the passengers on the plane?

10. How is Mallinson bothered a second time on the flight?

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