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SILK ROAD (QUESTIONS)

               SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

                   1.  What was the purpose of author’s journey to Mount Kailash? How did
                       Tsetan help him during the journey?

                   2.  Who was Lhamo? What farewell gift did she give to author?
                   3.  Who did the party come across after leaving Ravu?
                   4.  Why were Tibetan mastiffs popular in China’s imperial courts?.
                   5.  Why had Hor been described as a miserable place by the narrator?
                   6.  Who was Norbu? How did Narrator feel on meeting him?

                   7.  How did the cold weather and high altitude affect the narrator?
                   8.  Why was the narrator’s experience at Darchen disappointing?



               LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS


                   1.  Justify the title of the Lesson “Silk Road” ?
                   2.  What difficulties did the author encounter and overcome when he set out
                       to reach Mount Kailash?
                   3.  1.What impression did the two towns Hor and Darchen leave on the

                       author's mind?
                   4.  2.What information do you gather about Darchen from the lesson? How
                       did the narrator experience there ?





















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