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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 surprises Matthiessen when he arrives with Tukten in the village to catch the plane?
(a) How much food the villagers eat.
(b) How advanced the village is.
(c) How many friends Tukten has.
(d) How empty the village is.

2. From whom does Matthiessen receive letters that he describes in Part 4?
(a) Schaller.
(b) Deborah.
(c) Tukten.
(d) Alex.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Matthiessen go to meet Tukten as they had planned?

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

3. Where does Matthiessen stay until his flight leaves from Nepal?

4. As Matthiessen's group reaches a village, what effects does Matthiessen begin to feel?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. After Matthiessen and Schaller part ways, where and with whom does Matthiessen travel next?

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

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

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

9. What event do Matthiessen and Schaller witness outside the monastery that surprises them because they did not expect to see that animal or for it to act in the way that it does?

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

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