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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did a stranger attempt to bargain for when he saw David-Neel and Yongden's open packs as they ate breakfast one morning?
(a) Her two common spoons.
(b) Her wo tea cups.
(c) Her small compass.
(d) Her folding knife.

2. Yongden and David-Neel arranged to travel in Tibet disguised as what type of pilgrims?
(a) Popas.
(b) Dokpas.
(c) Arjopas.
(d) Ladki.

3. Yongden was continually stopped and asked to perform what type of rituals along their way?
(a) Prayer.
(b) Exorcism.
(c) Fortunetelling.
(d) Funeral.

4. What excuse did Yongden give why David-Neel did not eat or speak when they came upon the group that passed earlier later at lunch?
(a) She was the widow of a magician who mourned his recent passing.
(b) She was honoring a holy day, unable to eat or talk until sunset.
(c) She was the wife of a magician and initiated in secret traditions.
(d) She was the mother of a lama who mourned his recent passing.

5. Whom did Yongden engage for his and David-Neel's progress out of Tibet?
(a) A guide.
(b) A female servant.
(c) A female and a male servant.
(d) A man servant.

Short Answer Questions

1. David-Neel noted she was "a tiny precious child of" what city?

2. Yongden could stand the day after David-Neel returned, so she helped him down to the forest and found what about the path?

3. Using her pistol would not scare these armed robbers who would shoot back, so instead David-Neel did what?

4. The morning after David-Neel's encounter with a well-dressed man, she lost and frantically looked for what before she found it?

5. David-Neel acted like she wished to learn locations from her host so she could beg from them, but what did she actually seek to determine?

(see the answer key)

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