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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gets drunk and thinks about going to India with money he has gathered?
(a) Gyaltsen.
(b) Tukten.
(c) Matthiessen.
(d) Dawa.

2. Which two men are strangely connected even after they part in Part 4?
(a) Matthiessen and Schaller.
(b) Matthiessen and Tukten.
(c) Gyalsten and Jang-bu.
(d) Schaller and the lama.

3. Who loses alacrity and becomes clumsy while Matthiessen gets lighter on his feet?
(a) Schaller.
(b) Gyaltsen.
(c) Tukten.
(d) Dawa.

4. How long is Matthiessen's group forced to stay inside the monastery in their tents?
(a) Eighteen weeks.
(b) Seven hours.
(c) Twelve hours a day.
(d) Five days.

5. Why does Schaller camp outside the monastery?
(a) To photograph foxes.
(b) For his privacy.
(c) To avoid the smell of the other men.
(d) In hopes of seeing the snow leopard.

6. Why did Schaller have to go alone in search of the snow leopard?
(a) Because the snow leopard is so aware of its surroundings.
(b) Because he fought with Matthiessen.
(c) Because he is the only one awake at night.
(d) Because the sherpas are tired.

7. What does Matthiessen feel that his body needs to readjust to?
(a) Altitude and conditions.
(b) Cold.
(c) Humidity.
(d) Heat.

8. Why is the inspection by the police done so quickly in Jumla?
(a) Matthiessen bribed them.
(b) Tukten bribed them.
(c) They are in a hurry.
(d) The policemen are friends with Tukten.

9. What mentioned in the book is highly contagious and needs immediate treatment to prevent the spread of this affliction?
(a) Typhoid fever.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Dysentery.
(d) Dengue fever.

10. Who is Matthiessen traveling with when he looks for Tukten?
(a) Jang-bu.
(b) Schaller.
(c) Kang.
(d) No one.

11. Matthiessen makes plans to meet Tukten in four days at his ___________ place in a nearby village.
(a) Uncle's.
(b) Aunt's.
(c) Daughter's.
(d) Grandfather's.

12. Where does Matthiessen stay until his flight leaves from Nepal?
(a) The embassy.
(b) Tukten's house.
(c) A hotel.
(d) Schaller's residence.

13. Where is Matthiessen when he begins to think about ending the journey?
(a) Khyber Pass.
(b) Kang Pass.
(c) Monastery.
(d) Dang Pass.

14. When Matthiessen feels homesick, what does he think about?
(a) His children in college.
(b) His home.
(c) Being clean and comfortable.
(d) His wife Deborah.

15. What is Schaller worried might happen if he stops now?
(a) An avalanche might occur.
(b) Not have enough data.
(c) Be unable to return.
(d) Loses his tracks of the snow leopard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Matthiessen worried will happen by the Kang Pass?

2. What indicates the presence of Japanese mountain climbers at their resting place?

3. The sight of ______________ makes Matthiessen feel restless and want to read his letters.

4. Where does Matthiessen's group stop that is just below the Kang Pass?

5. What makes both Matthiessen and Schaller stoop over?

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