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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The porters carry ___________, which makes them unhappy.
(a) Merchandise.
(b) Goats.
(c) Firewood.
(d) Heavy loads.

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

3. What animal could possibly leave behind a sign similar to that of a snow leopard?
(a) A large mountain fox.
(b) A goat.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A dog.

4. How far do the men travel across the Himalayas in "The Snow Leopard"?
(a) 250 miles.
(b) 50 miles.
(c) 1000 miles.
(d) 10 miles.

5. What book does Matthiessen read?
(a) The Tibetan Book of the Dead.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The Bhagavad Gita.
(d) The Torah.

6. Who is Matthiessen afraid that he will break a promise to?
(a) Alex.
(b) Tukten.
(c) Schaller.
(d) Deborah.

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

8. What two topics do Matthiessen and Schaller talk about in conflict with each other?
(a) Philosophy and law.
(b) Religion and science.
(c) Accounting and physics.
(d) Poetry and art.

9. What does Matthiessen find that Schaller thinks is a sign of the snow leopard?
(a) Scent.
(b) Urine.
(c) A footprint.
(d) Fur.

10. What does Matthiessen see in the valley located at 11,200 feet above sea level?
(a) Aspen and willow.
(b) Magnolias and birch.
(c) Spruce and pine trees.
(d) Yellow maple and fir trees.

11. What do Matthiessen and Schaller discuss at length?
(a) Sex.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Religion.
(d) Death.

12. How old was his youngest child when this book was written?
(a) Eight.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Seven.
(d) Two.

13. What two conditions make some of the sherpas and porters turn back and return home?
(a) Cold and thirst.
(b) Fear and loathing.
(c) Snow blindness and bloody feet.
(d) Hunger and exhaustion.

14. When does the story of "The Snow Leopard" begin?
(a) October 1975.
(b) June 1986.
(c) September 1973.
(d) April 1972.

15. What difficult obstacles face Matthiessen's group as they cross icy boulders?
(a) Warring tribes.
(b) Lack of fuel and shelter.
(c) Big predators.
(d) Bad weather.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a sherpa announce that makes Schaller happy while Matthiessen's group stops and cooks along the way?

2. What does a Tibetan say is treacherous and filled with snow?

3. Who in Matthiessen's group has hallucinogenic dreams?

4. Where does Matthiessen need to be by Thanksgiving?

5. Where does Tukten say that the snow leopard lives?

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