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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: The Way Home.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has a key to the monastery?
(a) Dawa.
(b) The innkeeper.
(c) The hostess's husband.
(d) The sherpa Tukten.

2. What does Matthiessen discover about Crystal Mountain?
(a) That it has a secret hiding place.
(b) That it is the source of avalanches in the area.
(c) That he loves it.
(d) That it is the home of the snow leopard.

3. Why does Schaller camp outside the monastery?
(a) In hopes of seeing the snow leopard.
(b) To photograph foxes.
(c) For his privacy.
(d) To avoid the smell of the other men.

4. What does Matthiessen stow away and plan to read when he gets to Kathmandu?
(a) His book.
(b) His journal.
(c) His mail.
(d) A report from Schaller.

5. From whom does Matthiessen receive letters that he describes in Part 4?
(a) Alex.
(b) Schaller.
(c) Deborah.
(d) Tukten.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two topics do Matthiessen and Schaller talk about in conflict with each other?

2. How many children does Matthiessen have?

3. What does Matthiessen eat in the village he stops in with two other men?

4. Where does Matthiessen keep his letters?

5. What keeps delaying the trip for Matthiessen's group that cannot be prevented?

(see the answer key)

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