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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the plane continues on its odd course, what does Conway do?
(a) he starts to panic
(b) he begins singing
(c) he tries to think of something to talk about
(d) he falls asleep

2. When the plane lands to refuel, what do the passengers see out the window?
(a) black figures moving about
(b) only runway lights
(c) a desolate frontier
(d) gasoline trucks

3. What is Captain Charles Mallinson's position?
(a) H.M. Vice-Consul
(b) Ambassador to Siam
(c) RAF military attache
(d) Governor of Punjab

4. What happens on the ship after Conway becomes depressed?
(a) he attempts several times to jump overboard
(b) he goes to his cabin and refuses to come out
(c) he goes on a hunger strike
(d) for twenty hours he pours his heart out to Rutherford

5. What do Conway and Mallinson try to do?
(a) figure out where the plane is
(b) make a plan to capture the pilot
(c) keep the others from knowing
(d) devise a survival plan

6. Why is Conway the one to write SOS messages on scraps of paper?
(a) he has the only pen
(b) he is multilingual
(c) he is elected leader
(d) he has nothing else to do

7. What does Sanders say happened that has never been explained?
(a) one of the planes could not get off the ground
(b) it snowed in Baskul the day the planes left
(c) a strange Tibetan monk got on one plane
(d) a plane with three passengers disappeared

8. How does Conway get away from Rutherford in Honolulu?
(a) he jumps ship and goes into hiding
(b) he gets a job on a whaling ship out of Japan
(c) he stowes away on a ship returning to China
(d) he joins the crew of a banana boat going south to Fiji

9. What do the Tibetans believe that Miss Brinklow thinks is horrible?
(a) that God lives in the Himalayas
(b) the human sacrifice is necessary
(c) that there is no God
(d) that man descended from monkeys

10. What surprises Conway and the others?
(a) the man speaks to them in French
(b) the man speaks perfect English
(c) the man communicates with sign language
(d) the man has brought bowls of hot soup

11. How is Conway described?
(a) as a wanderer who never finishes a job
(b) as a Renaissance man who excels in everything
(c) as a lost soul always looking for answers
(d) as a man with a vivid imagination

12. Who in the group is most anxious to get away from Shangri-La?
(a) Mallinson
(b) Miss Brinklow
(c) Conway
(d) Barnard

13. Where were Rutherford and Conway traveling together?
(a) Indonesia
(b) Siam
(c) Tokyo
(d) Honolulu

14. What have the Tibetans used to measure Karakal?
(a) trigonometry
(b) psychology
(c) long ropes
(d) extra sensory perception

15. What begins to worry Conway as they fly on?
(a) what they will eat
(b) how they will stay warm when the plane lands
(c) how much water is left on board
(d) when they will run out of fuel

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Conway's friends and professors at Oxford expect of him?

2. How long has it been since Rutherford last saw Conway?

3. What is Miss Brinklow's reaction to the situation?

4. How does Conway classify the land below?

5. What sound do they hear as they climb?

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