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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue, Part 1: Westward.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Matthiessen get rid of his boots?
(a) They ae too heavy.
(b) They are too big.
(c) They have holes in them and give him blisters.
(d) He does not get rid of his boots.

2. George Schaller is a famous ______________.
(a) Mountaineer.
(b) Biologist/naturalist.
(c) Explorer.
(d) Spiritual guru.

3. What tests the patience of Matthiessen's group again and again?
(a) Stealing sherpas.
(b) Quarrelsome leaders.
(c) Mosquitoes.
(d) Rain.

4. Whom does Matthiessen's group see along their journey that reminds the group of mortality?
(a) An old man.
(b) A beggar woman.
(c) A goat.
(d) A crippled child.

5. Whom does Matthiessen think about the whole time that he is traveling?
(a) Alex.
(b) Dawa.
(c) Deborah.
(d) The blue sheep.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who/what is Matthiessen's group afraid of meeting when they take a new path to the north up the Kali Gandaki?

3. What drug did Matthiessen use that possibly had a negative effect on him?

4. What creature is NOT indigenous to the South Asian landscape?

5. What do Matthiessen and Schaller discuss at length?

(see the answer key)

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