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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. Who has a key to the monastery?
(a) Dawa.
(b) The sherpa Tukten.
(c) The innkeeper.
(d) The hostess's husband.

2. Who is Matthiessen afraid that he will break a promise to?
(a) Alex.
(b) Deborah.
(c) Tukten.
(d) Schaller.

3. What is Matthiessen carrying that is very heavy?
(a) 80 pounds of books.
(b) 40 pounds of firewood.
(c) 50 pounds of rubber.
(d) 60 pounds of lentils.

4. What does Schaller feel the snow leopard is doing while they are tracking the animal?
(a) Watching them.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Getting above them.
(d) Planning to attack them.

5. While Matthiessen and Schaller remain at the monastery, ___________________ goes to the village for mail and supplies.
(a) Sherpas and porters.
(b) Dawa and Jang-bu.
(c) Nepalese nomads and Tibetan lamas.
(d) Tukten and Gyaltsen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose departure causes Schaller to have an angry outburst?

2. The path that Matthiessen found could have saved the group time because it was only _____________ versus the two-day trip that they had.

3. Who gets drunk and thinks about going to India with money he has gathered?

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

5. What does Matthiessen struggle with when he reaches 17,000 feet?

(see the answer key)

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