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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Green, Rutherford, and Tertius have in common?

2. How does Conway classify the land below?

3. Where does Mallinson want to be taken?

4. What sound do they hear as they climb?

5. What do the men do in the plane after giving up plans to take out the pilot?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what is foremost on Mallinson's mind.

2. How are the amenities at the guest quarters of the lamasery?

3. Why does Conway believe Chang may be ill?

4. How does the plane finally land in the middle of the mountain range.

5. What is the conversation Chang and Conway have?

6. Give Mallinson's reply to Conway's question.

7. Who arrives and talks about a plane that once went missing in Baskul?

8. What does Miss Brinklow say she has heard about Tibetans?

9. Why does Barnard say he will not be missed?

10. What is the question Conway asks of the group of Britons and one American?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on survival in desperate situations. Using the plane crash, develop a plan for survival if the Tibetans do not show up. What suggestions would you have for what the survivors of a plane crash in a similar situation?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the weakness of anecdotal evidence. Explain why it is never proof but supports an emotional need for explanations. Use the fact that Conway accepted everything the High Lama and Chang told him without question.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about how you would feel surrounded by great art, music, and literature without having to work for a living and having all the time you need to enjoy those things. In your essay detail the art, music, and literature you would want to have in your collection.

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