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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 animal tracks do Schaller and Matthiessen find near the monastery?
(a) Arctic fox.
(b) Marmot.
(c) Wild wolves.
(d) Yeti.
2. In Part 4, which two individuals parts company in Nepal?
(a) Jang-bu and the Lama.
(b) Deborah and Alex.
(c) Dawa and Tukten.
(d) Matthiessen and Schaller.
3. What surprises Matthiessen when he arrives with Tukten in the village to catch the plane?
(a) How much food the villagers eat.
(b) How advanced the village is.
(c) How empty the village is.
(d) How many friends Tukten has.
4. How long is Matthiessen's group forced to stay inside the monastery in their tents?
(a) Twelve hours a day.
(b) Seven hours.
(c) Five days.
(d) Eighteen weeks.
5. Who gets drunk and thinks about going to India with money he has gathered?
(a) Matthiessen.
(b) Dawa.
(c) Gyaltsen.
(d) Tukten.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why did Schaller have to go alone in search of the snow leopard?
2. When Schaller returns from his night of tracking the snow leopard, what does he point out the next day?
3. Who is mysterious and cannot be found in the village that Matthiessen wanders through at the end of Part 4?
4. Matthiessen is very surprised to see that _____________cannot catch the blue sheep that they chase.
5. What does Matthiessen discover about the room he stays in while he waits for his departing flight out of Nepal?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the conditions Matthiessen faces when he arrives in Kathmandu for the second time at the end of the book?
2. When Matthiessen goes to the city of Patan, whom does he see and how does he feel?
3. What is the rare event concerning the bharal that Schaller is delighted to see outside the monastery?
4. When the sherpas say that there is another trail east of the Shey Pass but the group does not have a permit, what does Schaller suggest?
5. When Matthiessen reaches Shey, what does he notice?
6. What does Schaller discover when he returns to Kathmandu that prevents travel in the Land of Dolpo?
7. What does Matthiessen say about Shey and its reclusive inhabitants?
8. Who gets sick along the last leg of the journey and requires immediate treatment?
9. When Matthiessen thinks about the letters in his rucksack, he grows restless. What does he start to imagine?
10. As the group hikes around Crystal Mountain, what is the change that happens to Matthiessen and Schaller?
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