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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 do the Tibetans believe that Miss Brinklow thinks is horrible?
(a) the human sacrifice is necessary
(b) that man descended from monkeys
(c) that there is no God
(d) that God lives in the Himalayas

2. Where had Rutherford found Conway?
(a) an abbey in Hong Kong
(b) a tenement in Peking
(c) a monastery in Shanghai
(d) a hospital in Chung-Kiang

3. What does the Mother superior say about Conway?
(a) he plays the piano very well
(b) he was dressed shabbily and had been very ill
(c) he came from the Himalayas
(d) he could only speak Chinese

4. What has Miss Brinklow heard about the Tibetans?
(a) that they detest any outsiders
(b) that they are odd people
(c) that they are very hospitable
(d) that they seldom speak

5. What do Green, Rutherford, and Tertius have in common?
(a) they are British agents
(b) they are all novelists
(c) they are old school chums
(d) they are all traveling to Baskul

Short Answer Questions

1. After climbing up the mountain, what do they face next?

2. What does Miss Brinklow want to know about?

3. What do the men ask Miss Brinklow?

4. Why are the British evacuating white residents from Baskul to Peshawar?

5. What is Conway's advice to the group?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the men carrying the old man dressed?

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

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

4. Who was on the plane that disappeared?

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

6. How is the traveling going up the mountains?

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

8. What do the other passengers appreciate about Conway?

9. How are the amenities at the guest quarters of the lamasery?

10. Why does Conway believe Chang may be ill?

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