1. where is the author, mahoney, visiting?
2. what does mahoney do to experience being blind?
3. what does choden think caused her blindness?
4. what conclusion about her reliance on sight does mahoney draw at the end of the excerpt?

1. She is visiting the school for the blind in Tibet Lhasa, China

2. Mahoney agreed to be led through the city while she is blindfolded. This will help her to understand how the blind students she saw at the Blind Without Borders school could navigate so easily.

3. Choden believed that when her mother was pregnant, a cow kick her stomach and that led to her blindness.

4. She concluded that her ability to see had dominated her other senses like smell, touch, etc and this had resulted in her missing so much of life's experiences.