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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Phakding: March 31, 1996 - 9,186 Feet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Krakauer ask to turn down his oxygen tank because he wants to conserve his oxygen as he waits for other climbers?
(a) Scott Fischer
(b) David Brashears
(c) Andy Harris
(d) Rob Hall

2. What is on the trail that slows down the hikers as they move along the glacier?
(a) Snow
(b) Rain
(c) Trees
(d) Ice

3. Who were the first known climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest?
(a) Hillary and Hall
(b) Hillary and Tenzing
(c) Tenzing and Waugh
(d) Fischer and Tenzing

4. What did Willi Unsoeld, a man from Krakauer's hometown, do that inspired Krakauer to climb?
(a) Climb Everest without oxygen
(b) Climg Mount Everest without a guide
(c) Climb Mount Everest by the West Ridge route
(d) Climb Mount Everest by the Nepal entrance

5. Where is Hall's group first flying to by helicopter before they begin their climb up the mountain?
(a) Nepal
(b) Tukha
(c) Katmandu
(d) Lukla

Short Answer Questions

1. After whom is Mount Everest named?

2. How might the conditions at Lobuje be described?

3. Who are the main guides of Nepal that help the climbers with their goals of reaching the summit?

4. What is affecting Krukauer's ability to think clearly while at the summit of Mount Everest?

5. Who is the leader of Krakauer's group with which he is climbing in order to write a story for Outside Magazine?

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