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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Northward.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who walks easily on sharp ledges and inspires admiration from Matthiessen?
(a) Dawa.
(b) Tukten.
(c) Nuala.
(d) Schaller.

3. When is the perfect time to travel and for harvesting potatoes, according to Matthiessen?
(a) October.
(b) March.
(c) January.
(d) July.

4. How far do the men travel across the Himalayas in "The Snow Leopard"?
(a) 50 miles.
(b) 250 miles.
(c) 1000 miles.
(d) 10 miles.

5. What is so rare and elusive and blends into surroundings that people can easily miss seeing it, according to Schaller?
(a) The Tibetan.
(b) The blue sheep.
(c) The Nepalese nomad.
(d) The snow leopard.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Matthiessen afraid that he will break a promise to?

3. Whom does Matthiessen think about the whole time that he is traveling?

4. With whom did Matthiessen have a relationship that was falling apart five months prior to death?

5. What or who chases after Matthiessen, forcing him to defend himself with a stick?

(see the answer key)

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