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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. David-Neel and Yongden agreed to trade what in exchange for cheese the stranger who spied their open packs had?
(a) Two spoons.
(b) Needles.
(c) Tea.
(d) Binoculars.

2. The farmland was poor around the village David-Neel described in Po, heavily taxed, and anyone who left was pursued and what?
(a) Executed.
(b) Jailed.
(c) Whipped.
(d) Brought back.

3. What was it David-Neel's trip to Lhasa came about as a result of?
(a) "Certain favorable conditions."
(b) "Certain peculiar circumstances."
(c) "Dangerous but favorable events."
(d) "A series of fortunate situations."

4. In the last village David-Neel and Yongden came upon in Chapter V, how did the villagers respond as they passed through?
(a) They stood there and stared at them out of curiosity.
(b) They stopped them and offered food, a few offered coins.
(c) They ran to their homes to shut the doors and windows.
(d) They begged Yongden to tell fortunes and offer blessings.

5. Whom was David-Neel a guest of in Tibet for a time prior to her Lhasa trip?
(a) The Penchen Lama.
(b) The Lama Yongden.
(c) The Red Cap Lama.
(d) The Dalai Lama.

Short Answer Questions

1. David-Neel was alarmed when a villager who stopped to share food noticed her pale hands and remarked they were like what?

2. David-Neel and Yongden later met up again with the pilgrims whose member had sore legs, and the pilgrims reported what?

3. David-Neel and Yongden had a narrow escape when he was stopped by armed robbers on the path ahead of her when they took how many rupes and began to open his pack?

4. David-Neel and the other passenger hung suspended over the gorge until one of the ferrymen did what?

5. David-Neel and Yongden mistakenly loitered by an official's home and left in haste but were advised to return, so what did they quickly do?

(see the answer key)

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