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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animals by the monastery do Matthiessen and Schaller first think are snow leopards, which turn out to be something else?
(a) Foxes.
(b) Deer.
(c) Tigers.
(d) Wolves.

2. When Schaller returns from his night of tracking the snow leopard, what does he point out the next day?
(a) Sight of bharal.
(b) Fresh footprints.
(c) Animal droppings.
(d) Sight of foxes.

3. What is Matthiessen worried will happen by the Kang Pass?
(a) Death.
(b) Rain.
(c) Snow.
(d) Fighting.

4. Where can the sick man finally rest?
(a) Kathmandu.
(b) Shey.
(c) Pokhara.
(d) Murwa.

5. Who are the people living in Shey?
(a) Russians.
(b) Mongolians.
(c) Indians.
(d) Tibetans.

6. What does one porter demand from Schaller who is forced to acquiesce because he needs the help in Part 4?
(a) Carry his backpack.
(b) His keys.
(c) Pay him in advance.
(d) His wallet.

7. In Part 4, which two individuals parts company in Nepal?
(a) Deborah and Alex.
(b) Jang-bu and the Lama.
(c) Matthiessen and Schaller.
(d) Dawa and Tukten.

8. Where does Matthiessen go to meet Tukten as they had planned?
(a) Black Canyon.
(b) Patan.
(c) Kathmandu Valley.
(d) Pokhara.

9. What surprising discovery does Matthiessen have in the village where he was supposed to meet Tukten?
(a) That Tukten is a monk.
(b) That Tukten and Schaller are spies.
(c) That Tukten lives in London.
(d) That no one has heard of a sherpa called Tukten.

10. What does Schaller find near the canyon entrance that gives him hope?
(a) A trail.
(b) Paw prints of a snow leopard.
(c) A nest.
(d) Droppings.

11. As they make their descent, what story does Matthiessen hear from the locals?
(a) How a herd of cows chased off a snow leopard.
(b) How a yeti destroyed their homes.
(c) How an avalanche cleaned out the city.
(d) How a snow leopard killed a yak.

12. What gift does Matthiessen fail to bring in his meeting?
(a) A basket of cooked food.
(b) A flag.
(c) A ceremonial white scarf.
(d) A gift of chocolate.

13. Which two men are strangely connected even after they part in Part 4?
(a) Schaller and the lama.
(b) Gyalsten and Jang-bu.
(c) Matthiessen and Tukten.
(d) Matthiessen and Schaller.

14. When Matthiessen feels homesick, what does he think about?
(a) Being clean and comfortable.
(b) His wife Deborah.
(c) His home.
(d) His children in college.

15. What does Matthiessen eat in the village he stops in with two other men?
(a) Dried mushrooms.
(b) Goat stew.
(c) French fries.
(d) Hallucinogenic drugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises Matthiessen when he arrives with Tukten in the village to catch the plane?

2. From whom does Matthiessen receive letters that he describes in Part 4?

3. What does Schaller feel the snow leopard is doing while they are tracking the animal?

4. Whom do Matthiessen and Jang-bu go to meet in Shey?

5. Why did Schaller have to go alone in search of the snow leopard?

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