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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. George Schaller is a famous ______________.
(a) Spiritual guru.
(b) Biologist/naturalist.
(c) Explorer.
(d) Mountaineer.

2. What does Schaller tell Matthiessen is good for him to carry because of changing weather and winds?
(a) His sleeping bag.
(b) His jacket.
(c) His cellular phone.
(d) His GPS unit.

3. What do the citizens of the mountainous Southeast Asian country mentioned in "The Snow Leopard" burn for fuel that leaves the soil malnourished?
(a) The surface vegetation.
(b) Their compost.
(c) Livestock dung.
(d) Firewood.

4. When is the perfect time to travel and for harvesting potatoes, according to Matthiessen?
(a) March.
(b) January.
(c) October.
(d) July.

5. What was supposed to be finished by the first week of October but does not stop and causes delays in the journey?
(a) Fuel shortages.
(b) Grueling heat.
(c) Monsoon rain.
(d) Food shortages.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the sherpas do that reminds Matthiessen of being in New York with Deborah?

2. What does Schaller leave behind for Matthiessen?

3. Where do Matthiessen and Schaller wait for the group of sherpas when Schaller takes a telescope and decides to go look for blue sheep?

4. What does a Tibetan say is treacherous and filled with snow?

5. What difficult obstacles face Matthiessen's group as they cross icy boulders?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes the journey through Kali Gandaki especially difficult?

2. What does Matthiessen do while Schaller climbs the countryside, looking for bharal after they pass through Dunahi?

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

4. Why is the journey initially very peaceful when Matthiessen and Schaller leave Pokhara?

5. How does Matthiessen adjust to the higher elevations once they pass 12,000 feet?

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

7. When did Matthiessen meet his wife and how does he feel about that experience while writing the novel?

8. When the young biologist asks Matthiessen why he is on the journey with Schaller, what does he say?

9. What do the sherpas do that reminds Matthiessen of being in New York with Deborah?

10. 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?

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