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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. David-Neel and Yongden built a lean-to to protect against the snow, but she awoke and found what?
(a) Snow severly sagged it.
(b) Ice severly sagged it.
(c) Snow and ice collapsed it.
(d) Freezing rain flooded it.

3. While Yongden's injury was not severe, why were he an David-Neel in a difficult situation beyond her inability to carry him far?
(a) They had no fuel and little food.
(b) He could not walk far and they had no food.
(c) They had little fuel and no food.
(d) They had little fuel and no water.

4. With a flat place to camp below the ridge marker and the range, why did David-Neel and Yonggden find it essential to build a fire?
(a) To see.
(b) To keep animals away.
(c) To cook.
(d) To avoid pneumonia.

5. 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) Tshu lu ma.
(d) Star kha.

6. Yongden could stand the day after David-Neel returned, so she helped him down to the forest and found what about the path?
(a) It was well marked.
(b) It was nearly unmarked.
(c) It was only sporadically marked.
(d) It was fairly well marked.

7. On the night David-Neel had returned to their shelter near the fence, she awoke and imagined she heard what?
(a) Bells.
(b) Musical instruments.
(c) Fog horns.
(d) Pyrotechnics.

8. David-Neel and Yongden walked through the pass after the guide left, and Yongden's fear that it would snow materialized when?
(a) Around sunset.
(b) Shortly past noon.
(c) In the middle afternoon.
(d) Shortly before sunset.

9. One night a strange lama came up to the pair's fire seemingly out of nowhere, crouched near them, and remained silent for how long?
(a) A few minutes.
(b) A long time.
(c) Only a minute.
(d) Not at all.

10. David-Neel and Yongden eventually reached what type of marker placed at summits and passes to identify the path?
(a) Dril bu.
(b) Bod ja.
(c) Rku ba.
(d) Latza.

11. On the unmapped path, David-Neel and Yongden risked running into bands of thieves who might kill them to keep what secret?
(a) Their identities.
(b) Their stolen goods.
(c) Their hiding places.
(d) Their methods.

12. 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 Kagyu.
(b) The Jo Sakya.
(c) The Nyingma.
(d) The JTo Khang.

13. As well as some money David-Neel and Yongden gave him, they told their guide that his having led them to the pass would do what?
(a) Bring him and his family happiness.
(b) Bring his family benefits in future lives.
(c) Keep his flock healthy in the future.
(d) Bring him rewards in future lives.

14. David-Neel chose to head toward the mountain road in part because it had never been what?
(a) Seen by Chinese.
(b) Seen by a Western woman.
(c) Explored by Westerners.
(d) Charted.

15. The stranger supposedly went to get his cheese, but he quickly came back with another man and they began to barter for what?
(a) The needles and the small compass.
(b) The common spoons and the needles.
(c) The small compass and the tent.
(d) The tent and the common spoons.

Short Answer Questions

1. David-Neel and Yongden agreed to trade what in exchange for cheese the stranger who spied their open packs had?

2. 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?

3. David-Neel and Yongden continued to trek along what river as they got ever nearer their goal?

4. The palace in Lhasa was full of beautifully decorated rooms, mostly the work of skilled artists from what country?

5. How were these roads across Po described to David-Neel and Yongden?

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