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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Sanders joins the three men, what does he talk about?
(a) the threat of war
(b) gold mining
(c) the price of oil
(d) the evacuation of Baskul

2. What has Miss Brinklow heard about the Tibetans?
(a) that they are very hospitable
(b) that they are odd people
(c) that they seldom speak
(d) that they detest any outsiders

3. Where is the opening scene of the novel?
(a) a flight to Baskul, a town in Persia
(b) at Heathrow Airport in London
(c) Tempelhof Airport near Berlin
(d) a plane out of India

4. What mountain range does Conway think might be below them?
(a) they might be the Karakorams
(b) they might be the Rockies
(c) they might be the Alps
(d) they might be the Andes

5. What do the men do in the plane after giving up plans to take out the pilot?
(a) plan what to do when they land
(b) start to drink brandy
(c) go immediately to sleep
(d) have a cigar

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Conway get away from Rutherford in Honolulu?

2. What does Mallinson believe when the plane takes off a second time?

3. What do the Tibetans believe that Miss Brinklow thinks is horrible?

4. Who is the mystery man on board the plane?

5. What does the pilot do when he regains consciousness?

(see the answer key)

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