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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. Who is the Base Camp manager for the group?
(a) Maxwell Huntington
(b) Sue Sparks
(c) David Brashears
(d) Helen Wilton

2. Who stays behind and doesn't climb with the group on this particular day?
(a) John Krakauer
(b) Doug Hansen
(c) David Brashears
(d) Andy Harris

3. What is keeping the men in the tent from getting out of their sleeping bags?
(a) Headaches
(b) The cold
(c) Snow piles
(d) Lack of water

4. What is Andy Harris' wife's name, as Krakauer finds out from hiking with him?
(a) Mary Richardson
(b) Lola Harris
(c) Maddie Lane
(d) Fiona Stevenson

5. Who led an effort to clean up Base Camp when it was dirty in the 70's and 80's?
(a) Climbers
(b) Commercial guides
(c) EPA
(d) Sherpas

Short Answer Questions

1. After whom is Mount Everest named?

2. What is the acronym for the illness Topche comes down with?

3. Who discovers the bodies of the team mentioned in #151 the next day?

4. Where is Camp Four located on Mount Everest?

5. What is so special about the man who is the answer to #27?

(see the answer key)

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