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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. Who are the people living in Shey?
(a) Mongolians.
(b) Indians.
(c) Tibetans.
(d) Russians.
2. What is Matthiessen worried will happen by the Kang Pass?
(a) Snow.
(b) Death.
(c) Rain.
(d) Fighting.
3. What does Matthiessen do as he wanders the streets of the village looking for Tukten?
(a) He uses his binoculars.
(b) He makes a call with his cell phone.
(c) He shouts Tukten's name.
(d) He yells at Dawa.
4. What does one porter demand from Schaller who is forced to acquiesce because he needs the help in Part 4?
(a) His keys.
(b) Pay him in advance.
(c) His wallet.
(d) Carry his backpack.
5. When Schaller returns from his night of tracking the snow leopard, what does he point out the next day?
(a) Sight of bharal.
(b) Fresh footprints.
(c) Sight of foxes.
(d) Animal droppings.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who has a key to the monastery?
2. What airline that Matthiessen is traveling on is on strike?
3. What does Matthiessen notice about Tukten when he looks at him?
4. Matthiessen describes seeing a rare blue sheep called ____________.
5. What does Matthiessen not know when he arrives at the location where he is supposed to meet Tukten?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Jang-bu and another sherpa go in search of firewood, where do Matthiessen and Schaller wander and what do they find?
2. What are the conditions Matthiessen faces when he arrives in Kathmandu for the second time at the end of the book?
3. What does Schaller wonder about the juvenile sheep that he sees outside the monastery?
4. What does Matthiessen share from the letters he receives from Schaller dated December 8th and 9th in the last part of the book?
5. When Matthiessen reaches Shey, what does he notice?
6. Who gets sick along the last leg of the journey and requires immediate treatment?
7. When the sherpas say that there is another trail east of the Shey Pass but the group does not have a permit, what does Schaller suggest?
8. What does Schaller discover when he returns to Kathmandu that prevents travel in the Land of Dolpo?
9. What is the rare event concerning the bharal that Schaller is delighted to see outside the monastery?
10. As the group hikes around Crystal Mountain, what is the change that happens to Matthiessen and Schaller?
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