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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. Where does Matthiessen stay until his flight leaves from Nepal?
(a) A hotel.
(b) The embassy.
(c) Schaller's residence.
(d) Tukten's house.

2. Who does Matthiessen wait for but only arrives later at nightfall at their temporary campsite in Part 4?
(a) Schaller.
(b) Tukten.
(c) Jang-bu.
(d) The lama.

3. Matthiessen describes the ____________ monastery that is part of the Kagyu sect.
(a) Kailash.
(b) Kuala Lumpur.
(c) Tantric.
(d) Shey Gompa.

4. Who finds an unlocked building on Crystal Mountain where Matthiessen's group can all sleep?
(a) Jang-bu.
(b) Schaller.
(c) Matthiessen.
(d) Tukten.

5. Where does Matthiessen travel and meet Dawa again?
(a) Patan.
(b) Land of Dolpo.
(c) Kang Pass.
(d) Pokhara.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes in search of firewood while Matthiessen's group stays one more day at the monastery?

2. Who gets drunk and thinks about going to India with money he has gathered?

3. The sight of ______________ makes Matthiessen feel restless and want to read his letters.

4. Who is feeling better and able to travel again now that Tukten carries his load?

5. Where is Matthiessen when he begins to think about ending the journey?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Matthiessen reaches Shey, what does he notice?

2. What does Matthiessen notice about Tukten that makes him stand apart from the other sherpas and the group as a whole?

3. While Schaller is happy watching the blue sheep near the monastery, what does Matthiessen get concerned about and why?

4. What does Matthiessen say about Shey and its reclusive inhabitants?

5. When Matthiessen goes to the Kathmandu Valley to meet Tukten, what does he find and what does he do?

6. With whom does Matthiessen share a special bond and what about this individual surprises him in Jumla?

7. What is the story that the locals tell Matthiessen on his descent down the mountains after the group leaves Murwa?

8. What makes it easier for Dawa to travel after they leave Murwa?

9. When Jang-bu and another sherpa go in search of firewood, where do Matthiessen and Schaller wander and what do they find?

10. When Matthiessen thinks about the letters in his rucksack, he grows restless. What does he start to imagine?

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