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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Matthiessen have to do when he is on a mountainside?
(a) Write in his journal.
(b) Pay close attention.
(c) Take photographs.
(d) Recharge his cell phone with a solar battery.

3. What does Matthiessen do as he wanders the streets of the village looking for Tukten?
(a) He yells at Dawa.
(b) He uses his binoculars.
(c) He makes a call with his cell phone.
(d) He shouts Tukten's name.

4. What animal tracks do Schaller and Matthiessen find near the monastery?
(a) Arctic fox.
(b) Marmot.
(c) Wild wolves.
(d) Yeti.

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

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

7. Matthiessen describes seeing a rare blue sheep called ____________.
(a) Cappellato.
(b) Meridian.
(c) Caprini.
(d) Herzig.

8. Who does Matthiessen wait for but only arrives later at nightfall at their temporary campsite in Part 4?
(a) Jang-bu.
(b) The lama.
(c) Tukten.
(d) Schaller.

9. What is the name of the place that Matthiessen and Tukten walk to catch a plane?
(a) Jumla.
(b) Shey.
(c) Kathmandu.
(d) Black Canyon.

10. Which two groups does Schaller have news of that are fighting at this time in the region?
(a) Indians and Pakistanis.
(b) Nepalese and Kham-pas.
(c) Chinese and Indians.
(d) Chinese and Tibetans.

11. Matthiessen slips on ____________.
(a) A precipice.
(b) A ledge.
(c) A cliff.
(d) A canyon.

12. _________________ discuss the existence of the yeti they sit around a campfire in Part 4.
(a) Matthiessen, Tukten, Gyaltsen, and Schaller.
(b) Schaller, Tukten, Matthiessen, and Deborah.
(c) Deborah, Tukten, Murwa, and Jang-bu.
(d) Tukten, Matthiessen, Jang-bu, and Dawa.

13. What news does Jang-bu bring Matthiessen's group at Crystal Mountain?
(a) There is a village nearby.
(b) They will not have to encounter police as they go to the next station.
(c) He does not bring news.
(d) The weather is clearing up.

14. What does Matthiessen think has made the long journey through the mountains worthwhile?
(a) Hanging out with Schaller.
(b) Coming to Shey.
(c) Losing weight.
(d) Meeting Tukten.

15. Where will the plane take Matthiessen in Chapter 4?
(a) New Delhi.
(b) Kathmandu.
(c) Sikkim.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Matthiessen fail to bring in his meeting?

2. What airline that Matthiessen is traveling on is on strike?

3. When are these two letters that Matthiessen receives in Part 4 dated?

4. When Schaller returns from his night of tracking the snow leopard, what does he point out the next day?

5. Which two men are strangely connected even after they part in Part 4?

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