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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: The Way Home.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What rare event is Schaller happy to witness outside the monastery?
(a) The fight to the death among blue sheep.
(b) The mating ritual among foxes.
(c) The rutting of the blue sheep.
(d) The chase for food by timber wolves.

2. Despite the grueling four-hour journey, what makes Schaller happy?
(a) Finding shelter.
(b) Getting closer to the snow leopard.
(c) Seeing bharal.
(d) Seeing butterflies.

3. When Schaller returns from his night of tracking the snow leopard, what does he point out the next day?
(a) Sight of bharal.
(b) Animal droppings.
(c) Fresh footprints.
(d) Sight of foxes.

4. As Matthiessen and Schaller attempt to cross cliffs over treacherous precipices, Matthiessen has to ____________.
(a) Crawl on hands and knees.
(b) Lie down and rest.
(c) Fight for his life.
(d) Give up.

5. Where can the sick man finally rest?
(a) Shey.
(b) Pokhara.
(c) Kathmandu.
(d) Murwa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Matthiessen go to meet Tukten as they had planned?

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

3. What or who chases after Matthiessen, forcing him to defend himself with a stick?

4. What do the citizens of the mountainous Southeast Asian country mentioned in "The Snow Leopard" burn for fuel that leaves the soil malnourished?

5. What keeps delaying the trip for Matthiessen's group that cannot be prevented?

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