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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. Whom does Matthiessen think might drink or swear too much?
(a) Schaller.
(b) Tukten.
(c) Dawa.
(d) Deborah.
2. What do the sherpas do that reminds Matthiessen of being in New York with Deborah?
(a) Bear up.
(b) Recite Buddhist chants.
(c) Eat in silence.
(d) Pray silently.
3. What or who chases after Matthiessen, forcing him to defend himself with a stick?
(a) A sherpa.
(b) A group of nomadic Nepalese.
(c) A brindle mastiff.
(d) A porter.
4. What does Matthiessen's group have to cross on their way up the canyon?
(a) Treacherous ice.
(b) Moat.
(c) Swamp.
(d) Snake pit.
5. Where does Matthiessen's group climb towards and finally reach snow at 12,400 feet?
(a) Andes.
(b) The Pyrenees.
(c) Mt. Everest.
(d) The White Mountains.
Short Answer Questions
1. How long do Matthiessen and Schaller stay in a hotel together at the beginning of their trip?
2. What creature is NOT indigenous to the South Asian landscape?
3. What makes Matthiessen's group believe that they can finally continue their journey again?
4. What two conditions make some of the sherpas and porters turn back and return home?
5. Why does Matthiessen get rid of his boots?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Matthiessen adjust to the higher elevations once they pass 12,000 feet?
2. What is one of the rarest of cats, where does it live, and why is it considered rare?
3. What does Matthiessen learn is one of the biggest problems in Nepal and how is it caused?
4. When the young biologist asks Matthiessen why he is on the journey with Schaller, what does he say?
5. What do the sherpas do that reminds Matthiessen of being in New York with Deborah?
6. While Matthiessen sits outside the stone hut and relaxes in the sun, what does Schaller do?
7. Whom does Matthiessen think about when the sherpa fetches him and Schaller wine to drink in the old cow shed?
8. What are the two conditions that affect the group because of the heavy weather as they hike up the canyon?
9. What do Matthiessen and Schaller pass as they trudge up along the footpath in the mountains at the beginning of their journey?
10. What are the final arrangements that Matthiessen and Schaller make before they can start their trip?
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