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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 is Conway the one to write SOS messages on scraps of paper?
(a) he is multilingual
(b) he has nothing else to do
(c) he has the only pen
(d) he is elected leader

2. What is surprising about the facilities at Shangri-La?
(a) it glows in the dark
(b) it sways with the winds
(c) it stays warm without fire
(d) it has modern tiles and fixtures

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

4. As the plane continues on its odd course, what does Conway do?
(a) he starts to panic
(b) he begins singing
(c) he falls asleep
(d) he tries to think of something to talk about

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Conway do when he gets to the pilot?

2. If they cannot have guides out of the mountain, what does Mallinson demand next?

3. Who is Miss Roberta Brinklow?

4. What did Conway's friends and professors at Oxford expect of him?

5. How does Conway try to reason with Mallinson to accept that they have to wait for guides out of Shangri-La?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was on the plane that disappeared?

2. How had Rutherford found Conway some time ago?

3. What is the book about that Green wrote and Rutherford had read?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the conversation Chang and Conway have?

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