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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 airline that Matthiessen is traveling on is on strike?
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 Schaller find near the canyon entrance that gives him hope?
4. What is the name of the place that Matthiessen and Tukten walk to catch a plane?
5. What does Matthiessen see on the mountain surrounded by "treeless waste?"
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Schaller wonder about the juvenile sheep that he sees outside the monastery?
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. When Matthiessen goes to the city of Patan, whom does he see and how does he feel?
5. After Matthiessen and Schaller part ways, where and with whom does Matthiessen travel next?
6. When Jang-bu and another sherpa go in search of firewood, where do Matthiessen and Schaller wander and what do they find?
7. What is the rare event concerning the bharal that Schaller is delighted to see outside the monastery?
8. While Schaller is happy watching the blue sheep near the monastery, what does Matthiessen get concerned about and why?
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 does Matthiessen say about Shey and its reclusive inhabitants?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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