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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 does Conway guess about the High Lama?
(a) he is Henschell
(b) he is dying
(c) he is 100 years old
(d) he is Father Perrault

2. What is Miss Brinklow's interest in the valley?
(a) their religions
(b) their diets
(c) their dress shops
(d) their public schools

3. What does Chang come to tell Conway late at night?
(a) Lo-Tsen wants to meet him personally
(b) the lamas all want to meet with him
(c) the porters have come and gone
(d) the High Lama wants to see him immediately

4. What does Conway also learn from the High Lama?
(a) the mountain is crumbling
(b) no one can leave Shangri-La
(c) the library is about to expand
(d) explorers are coming to the valley

5. What happens with Conway and the Chinese girl?
(a) he stops seeing her
(b) he falls in love with her
(c) he teaches her to play the Chopin pieces
(d) he goes to her apartment

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the High Lama say the meek shall inherit the earth?

2. What does Mallinson want Conway to be?

3. What does Conway learn about Mallinson and Lo-Tsen?

4. What does Conway next discover about Mallinson?

5. What happens at breakfast the morning after Conway visits the High Lama?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Barnard announce that he wants to stay in Shangri-La?

2. Explain Conway's ambiguous reply when the High Lama invites him to remain forever in Shangri-La.

3. Explain what the High Lama sees as the future of the world.

4. Briefly describe the information Chang gives Conway and the others.

5. Briefly describe Conway's feelings about being invited to speak with the High Lama.

6. Describe the Dominican monk who came to the Blue Moon Valley in 1734.

7. Tell what Chang informs Barnard when he asks for a newspaper.

8. How does the High Lama say Conway will age if he stays in Shangri-La?

9. What is Conway's guess that turns out to be correct?

10. Why does Mallinson want Conway to pack up his belongings?

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