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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. Who has blood in his shoes?
(a) Schaller.
(b) Tukten.
(c) Dawa.
(d) Matthiessen.

2. Who gets drunk and thinks about going to India with money he has gathered?
(a) Dawa.
(b) Gyaltsen.
(c) Tukten.
(d) Matthiessen.

3. Where do Matthiessen and Schaller wait for the group of sherpas when Schaller takes a telescope and decides to go look for blue sheep?
(a) A grotto.
(b) A stone hut.
(c) A cave.
(d) A temple.

4. Where do Matthiessen and Schaller meet to begin their journey?
(a) New Delhi.
(b) Shey.
(c) London.
(d) Kathmandu.

5. Due to snowdrifts, the sherpas warn against traveling on their planned route but Matthiessen's group cannot go on the new trail because they lack _________________.
(a) Clothing.
(b) Permits to travel.
(c) Food.
(d) Fuel.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Matthiessen feels homesick, what does he think about?

2. How many children does Matthiessen have?

3. For what reason will Schaller and Matthiessen be unable to get new porters to replace those that have left?

4. Where does Matthiessen keep his letters?

5. Whom does Matthiessen's group see along their journey that reminds the group of mortality?

(see the answer key)

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