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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 does the letter tell Matthiessen about Schaller's travel experiences?
(a) Schaller has disappeared.
(b) Schaller died.
(c) There was a blizzard and the porters abandoned Schaller.
(d) Schaller is imprisoned by the Chinese police.

2. What area is closed to foreigners as a result of the fighting occurring in Nepal?
(a) Black Canyon.
(b) Shey.
(c) Land of Dolpo.
(d) Kang Pass.

3. What does Matthiessen stow away and plan to read when he gets to Kathmandu?
(a) His book.
(b) His mail.
(c) His journal.
(d) A report from Schaller.

4. What does Matthiessen's group have a good view of as they hike around Crystal Mountain?
(a) The desert.
(b) The Black Canyon.
(c) Mt. Everest.
(d) Bhutan.

5. As Matthiessen's group reaches a village, what effects does Matthiessen begin to feel?
(a) Fear.
(b) Motion sickness.
(c) Dizziness.
(d) Altitude sickness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mentioned in the book is highly contagious and needs immediate treatment to prevent the spread of this affliction?

2. Due to snowdrifts, the sherpas warn against traveling on their planned route but Matthiessen's group cannot go on the new trail because they lack _________________.

3. What does Matthiessen see on the mountain surrounded by "treeless waste?"

4. What does Matthiessen eat in the village he stops in with two other men?

5. What animals by the monastery do Matthiessen and Schaller first think are snow leopards, which turn out to be something else?

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

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

4. What do Matthiessen, Tukten, and Dawa do when they arrive in Jumla?

5. What are the conditions Matthiessen faces when he arrives in Kathmandu for the second time at the end of the book?

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

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

9. When Matthiessen goes to the city of Patan, whom does he see and how does he feel?

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

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