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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Matthiessen slips on ____________.

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

3. What does Matthiessen discover about the room he stays in while he waits for his departing flight out of Nepal?

4. From whom does Matthiessen receive letters that he describes in Part 4?

5. As ____________, Tukten receives a bonus from Matthiessen.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the rumor surrounding Tukten when he goes with Gyaltsen to collect the mail and supplies in town?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tensions between certain individuals offer insight into unfolding dramatic events. Tukten and Gyalsten interact with each other and have a volatile relationship. How does this affect the rest of the climbing party? Does their conflict increase or decrease morale in the group as a whole? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

The four rhetorical modes of writing are exposition, argumentation, description, and narration. Which mode or modes are used in this book and how? List at least one example of each mode you find in the book. Explain what reason Matthiessen might have had for using it.

Essay Topic 3

There are frequent delays due to inclement weather, government restriction, sickness, and change in porters. Matthiessen spends a lot of introspective time during these periods. Describe what he thinks about and does during these sporadic intervals along the journey.

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