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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: At Crystal Mountain.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Matthiessen need to be by Thanksgiving?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Jakarta.
(c) New York.
(d) London.

2. Where does Matthiessen's group have to stop to be checked by government officials?
(a) Bora Bora.
(b) Dunahi.
(c) Serengeti.
(d) Shanghai.

3. Who/what is Matthiessen's group afraid of meeting when they take a new path to the north up the Kali Gandaki?
(a) Tigers.
(b) Eagles.
(c) Nepalese nomads.
(d) Mountain goats.

4. What does Schaller leave behind for Matthiessen?
(a) A note.
(b) A book.
(c) An apple.
(d) A photograph.

5. Despite the grueling four-hour journey, what makes Schaller happy?
(a) Finding shelter.
(b) Seeing bharal.
(c) Seeing butterflies.
(d) Getting closer to the snow leopard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animals by the monastery do Matthiessen and Schaller first think are snow leopards, which turn out to be something else?

2. What or who chases after Matthiessen, forcing him to defend himself with a stick?

3. What is so rare and elusive and blends into surroundings that people can easily miss seeing it, according to Schaller?

4. What do the citizens of the mountainous Southeast Asian country mentioned in "The Snow Leopard" burn for fuel that leaves the soil malnourished?

5. What area is 11,200 feet above sea level?

(see the answer key)

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