Into Thin Air Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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Into Thin Air Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 112 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lhotse Face: April 29, 1996 - 23,400 Feet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the part on the climb where the glacier fractures into large chunks?
(a) Icefall
(b) Glacier Freeze
(c) Moving Meadow
(d) Western Col

2. What was the nationality of the two climbers who are thought to have reached the summit first, although they never returned to camp?
(a) French
(b) German
(c) British
(d) Indian

3. How many continents' highest points did Rob Hall climb in a period of seven months once?
(a) 7
(b) 6
(c) 4
(d) 5

4. In what is Base Camp located?
(a) Natural ampitheatre
(b) Large cave
(c) Underground
(d) Dense forest

5. Who seems to act like a sort of mayor in the 'town' of Base Camp?
(a) John Krakauer
(b) Scott Fischer
(c) Rob Hall
(d) Andy Harris

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the quiet Australian that is the third guide in Rob Hall's group that is climbing to the summit?

2. Hall only makes his climbers hike a few miles a day because of the _______________.

3. What does Krakauer says deepens when he hears that an inexperienced climber makes it to the top of Everest?

4. Who stays behind and doesn't climb with the group on this particular day?

5. Who is described as being from New Zealand, having a full beard, and being gregarious and funny?

(see the answer key)

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