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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. What gift does Matthiessen fail to bring in his meeting?
2. Who is mysterious and cannot be found in the village that Matthiessen wanders through at the end of Part 4?
3. What does Matthiessen stow away and plan to read when he gets to Kathmandu?
4. What is the strange statement that Tukten makes around the campfire?
5. As Matthiessen's group reaches a village, what effects does Matthiessen begin to feel?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What does Schaller wonder about the juvenile sheep that he sees outside the monastery?
3. What does Matthiessen say about Shey and its reclusive inhabitants?
4. As the group hikes around Crystal Mountain, what is the change that happens to Matthiessen and Schaller?
5. With whom does Matthiessen share a special bond and what about this individual surprises him in Jumla?
6. What is the uncomfortable discovery that Matthiessen makes during his descent down the mountain range from Murwa?
7. What does Matthiessen notice about Tukten that makes him stand apart from the other sherpas and the group as a whole?
8. When Matthiessen goes to the Kathmandu Valley to meet Tukten, what does he find and what does he do?
9. After Matthiessen and Schaller part ways, where and with whom does Matthiessen travel next?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Matthiessen learns about Nepal during the trip and in particular, its environmental problems. Describe what he notices and what its impact in on Nepal's economy as well as the forested habitats. Without conservation, what could happen to these areas? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
Who is the yeti? What does this individual look like? Where does he or she live? How does Matthiessen describe this creature? What does he know about this creature from the local villagers that he meets in Nepal? What does the young biologist tell him about the yeti? What does Tukten tell Matthiessen about the yeti? Describe.
Essay Topic 3
Along their journey, Matthiessen and Schaller employ both sherpas and porters. What is a sherpa? Where does a sherpa originate from? What is a porter? How are sherpas and porters similar and how are they different? In a hierarchical sense, who has more authority and independence of the two? How do Matthiessen and Schaller relate to the sherpas and the porters on their trip?
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