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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. 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 midday.
(b) Until middle afternoon.
(c) Until late morning.
(d) Until early afternoon.

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

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

4. Using her pistol would not scare these armed robbers who would shoot back, so instead David-Neel did what?
(a) She called out that it was disgraceful for the men to rob a lama.
(b) She pleaded with the men who would take the last money of a lama.
(c) She cried out upon various terrible Tibetan deities to curse the men.
(d) She yelled out that it was unforgiveable for the men to rob a lama.

5. As Chapter V began, David-Neel and Yongden have convinced one of the shepherd peasants, known as what, to guide them to a pass?
(a) An am chi.
(b) A dokpa.
(c) A skur srung ba.
(d) A ma chen.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Yongden's injury was not severe, why were he an David-Neel in a difficult situation beyond her inability to carry him far?

2. After their guide left and he and David-Neel hike through the pass, Yongden's chief concerns were snow and what else?

3. 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?

4. The last part of Chapter VI focused on David-Neel's worries as she and Yongden had to get approval at an official's residence in order to cross a river bridge and travel beyond it, but how did it end?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Given her hesitance due to its possible origin, how did David-Neel accept a piece of bread offered to her at the start of Chapter VI?

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

3. How did David-Neel describe the manner in which Asians approached respecting others who slept?

4. How did David-Neel describe Tibetan beds?

5. 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?

6. As she was unable to return before dark, how did David-Neel find the cave Yongden had remained in after is injury?

7. David-Neel was unable to find anyone to aid Yongden after his injury, but she managed to return with what?

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

9. 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?

10. How did their encounter go with the first individuals David-Neel and Yongden came upon after they crossed the pass and Yongden had sustained his injury?

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