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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. What is a precious commodity in this mountainous Southeast Asian country that people use for fuel?
(a) Firewood.
(b) Water.
(c) Petroleum.
(d) Solar energy.

2. Matthiessen describes the ____________ monastery that is part of the Kagyu sect.
(a) Kuala Lumpur.
(b) Tantric.
(c) Kailash.
(d) Shey Gompa.

3. Tukten and a porter leave Matthiessen's group to get _________________.
(a) Bread and vitamins.
(b) Sugar and rice.
(c) Meat and potatoes.
(d) Water and fruit.

4. How many people have laid eyes on the snow leopard in the last twenty-five years according to Schaller?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 10.

5. Whom does Matthiessen's group see along their journey that reminds the group of mortality?
(a) A goat.
(b) An old man.
(c) A crippled child.
(d) A beggar woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes in search of firewood while Matthiessen's group stays one more day at the monastery?

2. What did Matthiessen's wife die of?

3. What do Matthiessen and Schaller feel is against them as they journey forward?

4. What does Schaller bargain for with locals to help them on their journey through the mountains?

5. What does Matthiessen's group have to cross on their way up the canyon?

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