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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. Why is the inspection by the police done so quickly in Jumla?
(a) They are in a hurry.
(b) Matthiessen bribed them.
(c) Tukten bribed them.
(d) The policemen are friends with Tukten.

2. Where does Matthiessen keep his letters?
(a) Canister.
(b) Notebook.
(c) Rucksack.
(d) Stainless steel container.

3. What animals by the monastery do Matthiessen and Schaller first think are snow leopards, which turn out to be something else?
(a) Tigers.
(b) Deer.
(c) Foxes.
(d) Wolves.

4. What does Matthiessen feel that his body needs to readjust to?
(a) Heat.
(b) Cold.
(c) Altitude and conditions.
(d) Humidity.

5. How many snow leopards are supposed to be in the area that Schaller is traveling through?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Ten.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom do Matthiessen and Jang-bu go to meet in Shey?

2. Despite getting rid of everything that they do not need for the journey, what does Schaller complain is still very heavy?

3. What is the name of the place that Matthiessen and Tukten walk to catch a plane?

4. Who is mysterious and cannot be found in the village that Matthiessen wanders through at the end of Part 4?

5. When Schaller returns from his night of tracking the snow leopard, what does he point out the next day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Schaller discover when he returns to Kathmandu that prevents travel in the Land of Dolpo?

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

6. What does Matthiessen share from the letters he receives from Schaller dated December 8th and 9th in the last part of the book?

7. Who do Matthiessen, Dawa, and Tukten find that can help them in Murwa?

8. What is the rare event concerning the bharal that Schaller is delighted to see outside the monastery?

9. Who gets sick along the last leg of the journey and requires immediate treatment?

10. As the group hikes around Crystal Mountain, what is the change that happens to Matthiessen and Schaller?

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