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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. Where is the opening scene of the novel?
(a) a plane out of India
(b) at Heathrow Airport in London
(c) a flight to Baskul, a town in Persia
(d) Tempelhof Airport near Berlin

2. When they are in sight of the lamasery, what do they see?
(a) people waiting to greet them
(b) thousands of lanterns
(c) several pavilions as colorful as flowers
(d) an avalanche coming down Karakal

3. What does Conway do when he gets to the pilot?
(a) removes his pistol
(b) takes his pulse
(c) takes his ID papers
(d) pushes him out of the plane

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chang say Shangri-La avoids?

2. Why is Conway the one to write SOS messages on scraps of paper?

3. Why is Conway unconcerned about when they will arrive in Preshawar?

4. What does the American attempt to do?

5. What is surprising about the facilities at Shangri-La?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the conversation Chang and Conway have?

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

3. Describe what is foremost on Mallinson's mind.

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

5. What was going on that leads up to the hijacking of the plane?

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

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

8. Who arrives and talks about a plane that once went missing in Baskul?

9. How is the traveling going up the mountains?

10. How does Mallinson interrupt the conversation at dinner?

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