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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 does Matthiessen's group meet sherpas and porters to take them to the mountains?
(a) Black Canyon.
(b) Shey.
(c) Pokhara.
(d) Kathmandu.

2. When a scientist asks Matthiessen why he is on the trip, what does he say?
(a) He does not know.
(b) He is a field biologist.
(c) He wants to hunt the snow leopard.
(d) He is friends with Schaller.

3. Whom does Matthiessen think about the whole time that he is traveling?
(a) Deborah.
(b) Dawa.
(c) Alex.
(d) The blue sheep.

4. What book does Matthiessen read?
(a) The Torah.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The Tibetan Book of the Dead.
(d) The Bhagavad Gita.

5. Who remains in the group and gains Matthiessen's trust even if porters do not like him?
(a) Dawa.
(b) Schaller.
(c) Tukten.
(d) Jang.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Matthiessen's group forced to stay inside the monastery in their tents?

2. What is Bardo?

3. What tests the patience of Matthiessen's group again and again?

4. What animal could possibly leave behind a sign similar to that of a snow leopard?

5. Matthiessen is very surprised to see that _____________cannot catch the blue sheep that they chase.

(see the answer key)

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