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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. 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 temple.
(c) A cave.
(d) A stone hut.

2. Who is making it difficult to pass through the region without a government permit?
(a) Police.
(b) The Nepalese king.
(c) Sherpas.
(d) Porters.

3. What does Schaller bargain for with locals to help them on their journey through the mountains?
(a) Cows.
(b) Donkeys.
(c) Ponies.
(d) Llamas.

4. What do the sherpas do that reminds Matthiessen of being in New York with Deborah?
(a) Eat in silence.
(b) Recite Buddhist chants.
(c) Bear up.
(d) Pray silently.

5. What places did Matthiessen travel before his journey with Schaller?
(a) Indonesia and Japan.
(b) Afghanistan and Iraq.
(c) Paris, Peru, and Thailand.
(d) India and China.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the yeti described?

2. 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 _________________.

3. What country has the worst erosion in the world?

4. Who has blood in his shoes?

5. Where does Matthiessen's group take shelter on route to the canyon?

(see the answer key)

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