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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: At Crystal Mountain.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was supposed to be finished by the first week of October but does not stop and causes delays in the journey?
(a) Fuel shortages.
(b) Grueling heat.
(c) Food shortages.
(d) Monsoon rain.

2. What makes Matthiessen think that the villages they are passing through used to be refined?
(a) They find golden statues and artwork.
(b) The people speak an elegant language.
(c) They have ruins of ancient temples.
(d) They have ceiling mandalas and ancient frescoes.

3. Why does Schaller camp outside the monastery?
(a) In hopes of seeing the snow leopard.
(b) For his privacy.
(c) To photograph foxes.
(d) To avoid the smell of the other men.

4. Who has a key to the monastery?
(a) The innkeeper.
(b) The sherpa Tukten.
(c) Dawa.
(d) The hostess's husband.

5. What is Schaller worried might happen if he stops now?
(a) Not have enough data.
(b) Loses his tracks of the snow leopard.
(c) Be unable to return.
(d) An avalanche might occur.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Schaller eager to witness though he is afraid he will miss if they are too slow traveling?

2. What is Matthiessen worried will happen by the Kang Pass?

3. What creature is NOT indigenous to the South Asian landscape?

4. George Schaller is a famous ______________.

5. What does Matthiessen stow away and plan to read when he gets to Kathmandu?

(see the answer key)

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