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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue, Part 1: Westward.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are Matthiessen and Schaller afraid of after they talk to the Tibetan guide who tells them that they need government permits?
(a) That they will fail.
(b) That they will not be allowed to enter Dolpo.
(c) That they will run out of food.
(d) That the police will lock them up.

3. What do the citizens of the mountainous Southeast Asian country mentioned in "The Snow Leopard" burn for fuel that leaves the soil malnourished?
(a) The surface vegetation.
(b) Their compost.
(c) Livestock dung.
(d) Firewood.

4. 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.

5. What or who chases after Matthiessen, forcing him to defend himself with a stick?
(a) A group of nomadic Nepalese.
(b) A porter.
(c) A sherpa.
(d) A brindle mastiff.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does a sherpa bring Matthiessen's group while they rest at a shelter on route to Kali Gandaki?

4. Who/what is Matthiessen's group afraid of meeting when they take a new path to the north up the Kali Gandaki?

5. Where does Matthiessen need to be by Thanksgiving?

(see the answer key)

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