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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long do Matthiessen and Schaller stay in a hotel together at the beginning of their trip?
(a) Five days.
(b) Four months.
(c) Three days.
(d) Three weeks.

2. Who develops a bond over the course of the journey?
(a) Tukten and Dawa.
(b) Matthiessen and Tukten.
(c) Tukten and Schaller.
(d) Deborah and Schaller.

3. How many children does Matthiessen have?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

4. Who was the woman that became Matthiessen's wife?
(a) Margaret Dixon.
(b) Janice Wellington.
(c) Tina Schaller.
(d) Deborah Love.

5. What extra payments do Matthiessen and Schaller have to make because of delays in their trip?
(a) Payment for government permits.
(b) Payment for extra porters.
(c) Payment for visa extensions.
(d) Payment for food.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Matthiessen have a relationship that was falling apart five months prior to death?

2. Who in Matthiessen's group has hallucinogenic dreams?

3. Who has blood in his shoes?

4. Whom does Matthiessen think about the whole time that he is traveling?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Matthiessen after he walks for 10 hours on the first day of their trek?

2. What makes Schaller furious because he is afraid of being stranded?

3. What do Matthiessen and Schaller pass as they trudge up along the footpath in the mountains at the beginning of their journey?

4. Why does Matthiessen exhibit some reservation about traveling with Schaller at the beginning of the trip?

5. In Part 2, how does Matthiessen describe his relationship with Deborah before she died?

6. Whom does Matthiessen think about when the sherpa fetches him and Schaller wine to drink in the old cow shed?

7. When the sherpas lag behind Matthiessen and Schaller, what does Schaller fear that he will miss?

8. What do Matthiessen and the party see as they hike up the mountain in high spirits that reminds them of their mortality?

9. What does Matthiessen learn is one of the biggest problems in Nepal and how is it caused?

10. While Matthiessen sits outside the stone hut and relaxes in the sun, what does Schaller do?

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