View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the letter tell Matthiessen about Schaller's travel experiences?
(a) Schaller died.
(b) Schaller is imprisoned by the Chinese police.
(c) Schaller has disappeared.
(d) There was a blizzard and the porters abandoned Schaller.

4. What indicates the presence of Japanese mountain climbers at their resting place?
(a) Their water bottles with hiragana print.
(b) Maps written in kanji.
(c) Red tents.
(d) Their national flag.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the place that Matthiessen and Tukten walk to catch a plane?

2. Why did Schaller have to go alone in search of the snow leopard?

3. What does a sherpa announce that makes Schaller happy while Matthiessen's group stops and cooks along the way?

4. What does Matthiessen's group have a good view of as they hike around Crystal Mountain?

5. How many people have laid eyes on the snow leopard in the last twenty-five years according to Schaller?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 271 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample