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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom do Matthiessen and Jang-bu go to meet in Shey?
(a) The leader of the sherpas.
(b) The lama of Shey.
(c) The priest of Tibet.
(d) The king of Bhutan.

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

3. What sabotaging act does the porter do that prevents progress during Schaller's climbing trip?
(a) He runs away with all their money.
(b) He destroys their fuel supplies.
(c) He injures himself on purpose.
(d) He destroys their food.

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

5. Who are the people living in Shey?
(a) Russians.
(b) Indians.
(c) Mongolians.
(d) Tibetans.

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

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

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

9. What does Matthiessen eat in the village he stops in with two other men?
(a) French fries.
(b) Dried mushrooms.
(c) Hallucinogenic drugs.
(d) Goat stew.

10. What does Matthiessen see on the mountain surrounded by "treeless waste?"
(a) A house.
(b) Ruins.
(c) A temple.
(d) A monastery.

11. Who is feeling better and able to travel again now that Tukten carries his load?
(a) Gyalsten.
(b) Dawa.
(c) Matthiessen.
(d) Schaller.

12. What does one porter demand from Schaller who is forced to acquiesce because he needs the help in Part 4?
(a) Carry his backpack.
(b) His keys.
(c) His wallet.
(d) Pay him in advance.

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

14. What is the strange statement that Tukten makes around the campfire?
(a) That the fox is really a leopard.
(b) That he will fight off the yeti.
(c) That the yeti is half human.
(d) That the yeti is Buddhist.

15. Where does Matthiessen go to meet Tukten as they had planned?
(a) Patan.
(b) Pokhara.
(c) Black Canyon.
(d) Kathmandu Valley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal tracks do Schaller and Matthiessen find near the monastery?

2. Why does Schaller camp outside the monastery?

3. What does Tukten have that reminds Matthiessen of the snow leopard?

4. Matthiessen describes the ____________ monastery that is part of the Kagyu sect.

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

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