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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 has a key to the monastery?
(a) The hostess's husband.
(b) The sherpa Tukten.
(c) The innkeeper.
(d) Dawa.

2. Despite getting rid of everything that they do not need for the journey, what does Schaller complain is still very heavy?
(a) Research boxes.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Climbing equipment.
(d) Packs.

3. Whom do Matthiessen and Jang-bu go to meet in Shey?
(a) The lama of Shey.
(b) The leader of the sherpas.
(c) The king of Bhutan.
(d) The priest of Tibet.

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

5. Who become sick from dysentery and internal bleeding?
(a) Gyalsten.
(b) Matthiessen.
(c) Tukten.
(d) Dawa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprising discovery does Matthiessen have in the village where he was supposed to meet Tukten?

2. Where does Matthiessen's group stop that is just below the Kang Pass?

3. When Matthiessen feels homesick, what does he think about?

4. Matthiessen slips on ____________.

5. What does Tukten have that reminds Matthiessen of the snow leopard?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Matthiessen, Tukten, and Dawa discuss around the campfire and what does Tukten say?

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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