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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did Conway's friends and professors at Oxford expect of him?
(a) that he would scale Mt. Everest
(b) that he would be a famous pianist
(c) that he might write a great novel
(d) that he might become the PM of England
2. Who among the group says he will not be missed?
(a) Barnard
(b) Conway
(c) Mallinson
(d) Wayland
3. When he wakes up, what does Conway see out his window?
(a) snow covered peaks and glaciers
(b) the lights of a runway
(c) lightning in the clouds
(d) the lights of a large city
4. As they talk about overpowering the pilot, what stops them?
(a) he has a gun and none of them can fly a plane
(b) they reason that one or two of them would get killed
(c) they cannot get the cockpit door open
(d) they don't know how much fuel is left in the plane
5. What is Miss Brinklow's reaction to the situation?
(a) surprisingly noncommital
(b) alarmingly hysterical
(c) oddly open-minded
(d) sure that prayer will save them
6. 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
7. Who is the mystery man on board the plane?
(a) Charles Mallinson
(b) Wyland Sanders
(c) Hugh Conway
(d) Henry D. Barnard, an American
8. What does Conway know about the terrain below?
(a) nothing, because he's never been in these mountains
(b) the temperature is colder than the North Pole
(c) that no one has ever returned from that aread
(d) the mountains there are more difficult than Mt. Everest
9. What is the loud noise they hear?
(a) a tire explodes
(b) the tail breaks off
(c) the wings fall off
(d) the landing gear collapses
10. 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) when they will run out of fuel
(d) how much water is left on board
11. What does Conway believe that causes him to lead the group to the lamasery the pilot told him about?
(a) that Buddhist monks are unlikely to murder them
(b) that it really does not exist
(c) that they will never find it
(d) that they will all die trying to find it
12. What does Mallinson think has happened to them?
(a) they have lost their minds
(b) they are all having the same dream
(c) they are actually dead
(d) they have been kidnapped
13. Who is Miss Roberta Brinklow?
(a) a secretary to Captain Charles Mallinson
(b) a missionary with the L.M.S. or London Missionary Service
(c) an RAF nurse assigned to India
(d) a foreign newspaper correspondent
14. After climbing up the mountain, what do they face next?
(a) descending into a deep abyss
(b) a herd of wild yaks
(c) going down a rope ladder
(d) crossing a suspension bridge
15. How does Conway get away from Rutherford in Honolulu?
(a) he gets a job on a whaling ship out of Japan
(b) he joins the crew of a banana boat going south to Fiji
(c) he stowes away on a ship returning to China
(d) he jumps ship and goes into hiding
Short Answer Questions
1. What do Green, Rutherford, and Tertius have in common?
2. What does Chang say about the books of maps?
3. What does Conway do when he gets to the pilot?
4. Who does Chang say they can employ to lead them out of Shangri-La?
5. What does Mallinson believe when the plane takes off a second time?
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