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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mallinson want to be taken?

2. What do Conway and Mallinson try to do?

3. What is the man's name who has come out to meet them?

4. What does Mallinson believe when the plane takes off a second time?

5. What sound do they hear as they climb?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the novel begin?

5. How does the plane finally land in the middle of the mountain range.

6. How is the traveling going up the mountains?

7. How had Rutherford found Conway some time ago?

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

9. Why does Conway believe Chang may be ill?

10. What do the other passengers appreciate about Conway?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about how you would feel surrounded by great art, music, and literature without having to work for a living and having all the time you need to enjoy those things. In your essay detail the art, music, and literature you would want to have in your collection.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on fear. Using Mallinson as an example, describe the fear of being caught in unusual circumstances that you may not understand. Make a real life comparison to fearing such things as navigating your way around a new city.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on why you think the idea of Shangri-La is so appealing to many people. Include how the very name has come to mean an ideal living situation. Give your opinion about the validity of looking for a Shangri-La on Earth.

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