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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. What keeps delaying the trip for Matthiessen's group that cannot be prevented?
(a) Government red tape.
(b) Lack of food.
(c) Rain.
(d) Broken paths.

2. Where does Matthiessen's group have to stop to be checked by government officials?
(a) Bora Bora.
(b) Dunahi.
(c) Shanghai.
(d) Serengeti.

3. What is a precious commodity in this mountainous Southeast Asian country that people use for fuel?
(a) Firewood.
(b) Solar energy.
(c) Petroleum.
(d) Water.

4. What or who chases after Matthiessen, forcing him to defend himself with a stick?
(a) A group of nomadic Nepalese.
(b) A brindle mastiff.
(c) A porter.
(d) A sherpa.

5. What does a Tibetan say is treacherous and filled with snow?
(a) Jang Pass.
(b) Shey.
(c) Khyber Pass.
(d) Black Canyon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was his youngest child when this book was written?

2. Matthiessen's group carries their packs instead of just _______________.

3. What is the surprising contrast in scenery that Matthiessen's group sees on their way through the canyon?

4. What country has the worst erosion in the world?

5. What does Schaller bargain for with locals to help them on their journey through the mountains?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is a Vedic belief that Matthiessen has great respect for and shares on his initial ascent up the mountain in Part 1?

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

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

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

6. When they are hiking, what disgusts Schaller but he is powerless to prevent from happening?

7. What are the final arrangements that Matthiessen and Schaller make before they can start their trip?

8. What does Matthiessen find on the Nepal side of the mountains that inspires a lot of questions from the group and could mean that they have gotten closer to finding what they came for?

9. What does Matthiessen have hallucinations about that inspire him to pull out his book The Tibetan Book of the Dead?

10. What does a sherpa point out to Schaller while they take a break on the mountainside that makes Schaller happy?

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