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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This pageant, described at the end of Chapter VII, was a grand procession that included trumpets, some of which were how many feet long and borne on the shoulders of several men?
(a) 20.
(b) 15.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

2. David-Neel was delighted to be taken as a native, even when a policeman took what action when she tried to enter an area that was off limits to peasants?
(a) He struck her.
(b) He scolded her.
(c) He cited her.
(d) He ejected her.

3. Tibet's chief religious leader only came to the Lhasa palace for ceremonies and lived mainly in one of several nearby lamaseries similar to what?
(a) Temples.
(b) Sanctuaries.
(c) Feudal manors.
(d) Monasteries.

4. Why was David-Neel confident by the start of Chapter VI that her disguise would not be questioned?
(a) She felt nobody would suspect a foreigner was so far into Tibet.
(b) She had managed to hide herself thus far and could continue.
(c) She felt Yongden could keep her hidden if all else failed.
(d) She could always use Tibetans' fears of magic to hide herself.

5. On the third day after Yongden incurred his injury, he and David-Neel slowly limped how long before they realize they had gone the wrong way?
(a) Until late morning.
(b) Until middle afternoon.
(c) Until midday.
(d) Until early afternoon.

6. What sudden, loud noise awakened David-Neel at the camp made after she and Yongden found the ridge marker and hiked down?
(a) Close thunder had rumbled through the valley.
(b) A Tibetan hunter had fired his gun not far off.
(c) Yongden had fired a shot to scare away a wolf.
(d) Melting ice on a nearby river had cracked.

7. While David-Neel and Yongden found protection from the weather around noon, they had but a little dried Tibetan grain food called what?
(a) Tsampa.
(b) Shing tog.
(c) Star kha.
(d) Tshu lu ma.

8. How were these roads across Po described to David-Neel and Yongden?
(a) Three were well-traveled, the other unmapped.
(b) One was well-traveled, the other unmapped.
(c) Two were well-traveled, the other unmapped.
(d) Four were well-traveled, the other unmapped.

9. While David-Neel an Yongden had heard stories about the Popas all having been robbers and possibly cannibals, how did she describe them as having been?
(a) Friendly and hospitable.
(b) Concerned and vigilant.
(c) Uninterested and unconcerned.
(d) Cautious and curious.

10. Where were David-Neel and Yongden drifting off to sleep as Chapter IV came to an end?
(a) In the barn of an abandoned farm.
(b) In a camp built near a mountain stream.
(c) In the house of a well-off farm family.
(d) In the house of a mountain villager.

11. How were the large drums played in the final procession the author described?
(a) One was pulled in a ceremonial cart as a man
(b) Two were tied on either side of a camel as a man riding beat them.
(c) One was carried on a man's back as another beat it from behind.
(d) Two were tied on either side of an elephant as a man riding beat them.

12. How was it David-Neel found the palace on the hill in Lhasa to appear from the exterior beyond enormous?
(a) Artistically painted.
(b) Having many Buddha statues and prayer flags.
(c) Somewhat crude and plain.
(d) Colorfully decorated for the New Year.

13. 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 folding knife.
(b) Her two common spoons.
(c) Her small compass.
(d) Her wo tea cups.

14. What temple was the second most important place David-Neel wished to visit, as there she could view a statue of the Buddha that reportedly was from India?
(a) The Nyingma.
(b) The Kagyu.
(c) The JTo Khang.
(d) The Jo Sakya.

15. As they hiked toward the mountain top but could not see the pass, David-Neel and Yongden made what decision?
(a) To go straight ahead.
(b) To turn westward.
(c) To ascend eastward.
(d) To descend eastward.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the evening David-Neel and Yongden had returned to their shelter near the fence, she checked her calendar and discovered it was what date?

2. How many men did David-Neel describe marching in file in the wonderful spectacle that concluded her visit to Lhasa?

3. David-Neel left the next morning for aid she might find for Yongden, but unsuccessful she returned that night with what that she had found?

4. David-Neel and Yongden stopped in what village where she described the political situation for the people of the region?

5. David-Neel and Yongden walked through the pass after the guide left, and Yongden's fear that it would snow materialized when?

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