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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The day after David-Neel and Yongden camped following their descent from the ridge marker, how did the terrain affect their trek?
(a) It was neither hard nor sandy, but its slope slowed them.
(b) It was sandy, and its slope greatly hindered them.
(c) It was rocky, and its slope greatly impeded them.
(d) It was neither hard nor sandy, and its slope aided them.

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

3. What was Yongden's reaction when David-Neel reluctantly removed the cap she wore to cover her brown hair?
(a) He had no reaction either way.
(b) He easily kept from laughing fearing detection.
(c) He could hardly keep from laughing.
(d) He was unable to keep from laughing.

4. It snowed again at night after Yongden limped all day, but David-Neel found a fence she followed to what type of structure with a shed?
(a) A small occupied house.
(b) A small empty house.
(c) A large occupied house.
(d) A large empty house.

5. David-Neel felt triumphant when they arrived within a few miles of Lhasa, but Yongden was more cautious as he feared they might run into what type of individuals before they reached the capital?
(a) Officials.
(b) Suspicious locals.
(c) Robbers.
(d) Religious figures.

Short Answer Questions

1. David-Neel wore a head cover as she entered the Lhasa palace, but who scolded her to remove it as hats were not to be worn inside?

2. What did a stranger attempt to bargain for when he saw David-Neel and Yongden's open packs as they ate breakfast one morning?

3. The armed robbers returned the money and begged David-Neel not to curse them anymore out of fear when Yongden told them she was a what?

4. David-Neel and Yongden built a lean-to to protect against the snow, but she awoke and found what?

5. What sudden, loud noise awakened David-Neel at the camp made after she and Yongden found the ridge marker and hiked down?

Short Essay Questions

1. On the day David-Neel and Yongden left the earthen cave and Yongden stumbled on his improvised crutch past dark, how did they make their way into the structures David-Neel came upon by following a fence in the deep snow?

2. How did David-Neel depict the temperature as she and Yongden embarked at the beginning of Chapter V?

3. How did Yongden depart the monastery where he met a monk who came from the region where Yongden's great-grandfather had been a lama?

4. What did David-Neel note about the maps of Tibet that she carried?

5. How did David-Neel depict the manner in which she and Yongden crossed the last river that separated them from Lhasa?

6. How did David-Neel describe what the Tibetans had lost in their separation from China?

7. As she waited for Yongden outside a monastery, David-Neel took up the offer of a passing woman she met to spend the night at her home and was later particularly impressed for what reason?

8. In Chapter IV, how did David-Neel describe a river that she and Yongden had to cross, but had missed a bridge over it earlier?

9. What trap did David-Neel and Yongden set for their safety against potential robbers in a hut one night?

10. Why was it David-Neel went to the rescue of a dog?

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