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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the date of Matthiessen's last entry in Part 2?
(a) October 31.
(b) Dec 18.
(c) Jan 30.
(d) Nov 15.

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

3. What does Matthiessen's group have to cross on their way up the canyon?
(a) Treacherous ice.
(b) Moat.
(c) Snake pit.
(d) Swamp.

4. Where do Matthiessen and Schaller wait for the group of sherpas when Schaller takes a telescope and decides to go look for blue sheep?
(a) A temple.
(b) A grotto.
(c) A stone hut.
(d) A cave.

5. What does Matthiessen's group suffer from as they travel through the canyon?
(a) Fear.
(b) Snow blindness.
(c) Thirst.
(d) Hunger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Matthiessen and Schaller meet to begin their journey?

2. What is the surprising contrast in scenery that Matthiessen's group sees on their way through the canyon?

3. Who has blood in his shoes?

4. Who is making it difficult to pass through the region without a government permit?

5. Where does Matthiessen's group want to continue their journey over?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the journey initially very peaceful when Matthiessen and Schaller leave Pokhara?

2. What does Matthiessen learn is one of the biggest problems in Nepal and how is it caused?

3. What is a Vedic belief that Matthiessen has great respect for and shares on his initial ascent up the mountain in Part 1?

4. Whom does Matthiessen admire as they trek along arduous paths and why?

5. When the sherpas lag behind Matthiessen and Schaller, what does Schaller fear that he will miss?

6. What are the final arrangements that Matthiessen and Schaller make before they can start their trip?

7. When the young biologist asks Matthiessen why he is on the journey with Schaller, what does he say?

8. While Matthiessen sits outside the stone hut and relaxes in the sun, what does Schaller do?

9. When they are hiking, what disgusts Schaller but he is powerless to prevent from happening?

10. When Matthiessen and Schaller arrive in Pokhara, whom do they meet?

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