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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: The Way Home.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many snow leopards are supposed to be in the area that Schaller is traveling through?
(a) Two.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Six.
(d) Ten.

2. What two topics do Matthiessen and Schaller talk about in conflict with each other?
(a) Accounting and physics.
(b) Poetry and art.
(c) Philosophy and law.
(d) Religion and science.

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

4. Why did Schaller have to go alone in search of the snow leopard?
(a) Because the sherpas are tired.
(b) Because the snow leopard is so aware of its surroundings.
(c) Because he fought with Matthiessen.
(d) Because he is the only one awake at night.

5. What creature is NOT indigenous to the South Asian landscape?
(a) The tiger.
(b) The timber wolf.
(c) The snow leopard.
(d) The Arctic fox.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Matthiessen eat in the village he stops in with two other men?

2. What does Matthiessen's group have a good view of as they hike around Crystal Mountain?

3. Matthiessen describes the ____________ monastery that is part of the Kagyu sect.

4. How many people have laid eyes on the snow leopard in the last twenty-five years according to Schaller?

5. What is the surprising contrast in scenery that Matthiessen's group sees on their way through the canyon?

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