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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 is the date of Matthiessen's last entry in Part 2?
(a) Jan 30.
(b) October 31.
(c) Dec 18.
(d) Nov 15.
2. What do Matthiessen and Schaller discard before starting their climbing journey?
(a) Ropes.
(b) Extra clothing.
(c) Electronic devices.
(d) Books.
3. What is Schaller eager to witness though he is afraid he will miss if they are too slow traveling?
(a) Capture of the fox.
(b) Rutting of the blue sheep.
(c) Mating season for tigers.
(d) Chase of the wild bull.
4. What or who chases after Matthiessen, forcing him to defend himself with a stick?
(a) A group of nomadic Nepalese.
(b) A sherpa.
(c) A brindle mastiff.
(d) A porter.
5. What is so rare and elusive and blends into surroundings that people can easily miss seeing it, according to Schaller?
(a) The Nepalese nomad.
(b) The snow leopard.
(c) The blue sheep.
(d) The Tibetan.
Short Answer Questions
1. How is the yeti described?
2. What does Matthiessen find that Schaller thinks is a sign of the snow leopard?
3. What makes Matthiessen think that the villages they are passing through used to be refined?
4. What are Matthiessen and Schaller afraid of after they talk to the Tibetan guide who tells them that they need government permits?
5. Who remains in the group and gains Matthiessen's trust even if porters do not like him?
Short Essay Questions
1. Whom does Matthiessen think about when the sherpa fetches him and Schaller wine to drink in the old cow shed?
2. What does Matthiessen have hallucinations about that inspire him to pull out his book The Tibetan Book of the Dead?
3. What makes the journey through Kali Gandaki especially difficult?
4. What is one of the rarest of cats, where does it live, and why is it considered rare?
5. What do the sherpas do that reminds Matthiessen of being in New York with Deborah?
6. Whom does Matthiessen admire as they trek along arduous paths and why?
7. What change of plans makes Matthiessen and Schaller feel liberated but also makes the trek more difficult after the sherpas leave?
8. What do Matthiessen and Schaller pass as they trudge up along the footpath in the mountains at the beginning of their journey?
9. What makes Schaller furious because he is afraid of being stranded?
10. When the sherpas lag behind Matthiessen and Schaller, what does Schaller fear that he will miss?
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