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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Northeast Ridge: May 10, 1996 - 28,550 Feet.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the acronym for the illness Topche comes down with?
(a) HACE
(b) HAPE
(c) AST
(d) APT
2. What is the cruising altitude of the plane that makes Krakauer realize how absurd it seems to climb that distance as it is so close to Everest's summit measurement?
(a) 50,000 feet
(b) 20,000 feet
(c) 30,000 feet
(d) 35,000 feet
3. Who finally goes on to attach the lines that are necessary to allow the climbers up the mountain?
(a) Andy Harris
(b) Rob Hall
(c) Neil Beidleman
(d) Beck Weathers
4. In what is Base Camp located?
(a) Natural ampitheatre
(b) Dense forest
(c) Large cave
(d) Underground
5. What is on the trail that slows down the hikers as they move along the glacier?
(a) Ice
(b) Rain
(c) Trees
(d) Snow
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Krakauer find on a short hike up from Camp Two?
2. What is Krakauer's reaction to seeing climbers lined up to get to the summit?
3. Who tells one of Fischer's Sherpas to stay behind?
4. The Japanese team was quoted as saying, "Above 8,000 meters is not a place where people can afford ________."
5. Who was supposed to have set up lines along the pathway up to the summit?
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