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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was supposed to be finished by the first week of October but does not stop and causes delays in the journey?
(a) Monsoon rain.
(b) Fuel shortages.
(c) Grueling heat.
(d) Food shortages.

2. Who/what is Matthiessen's group afraid of meeting when they take a new path to the north up the Kali Gandaki?
(a) Nepalese nomads.
(b) Tigers.
(c) Mountain goats.
(d) Eagles.

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

4. What is Bardo?
(a) A death chant.
(b) A drumbeat.
(c) The transition between two existences according to the Tibetans.
(d) A mystical retreat.

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 Nepalese nomad.
(c) The blue sheep.
(d) The snow leopard.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far do the men travel across the Himalayas in "The Snow Leopard"?

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

3. When do the men expect to reunite with Tukten and the porter?

4. Matthiessen's group carries their packs instead of just _______________.

5. George Schaller is a famous ______________.

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