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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How might the conditions at Lobuje be described?
(a) Dirty
(b) Efficient
(c) Clean
(d) Empty
2. What is the name of John Krakauer's wife?
(a) Michelle
(b) Mary
(c) Lori
(d) Linda
3. How many people in Hall's group (besides Hall) have ever climbed above 8,000 feet?
(a) 1
(b) 3
(c)
(d) All
4. Krakauer sees a dead body wrapped in a ______________ as they are climbing their second acclimatization climb.
(a) Red sheet
(b) White sheet
(c) Blue sheet
(d) Silver wrap
5. What did Bourkeev do that necessitated that Fischer descend to help a client?
(a) Ignored instructions
(b) Got ill
(c) Climbed ahead of the group
(d) Sleep in
6. Who stays behind and doesn't climb with the group on this particular day?
(a) David Brashears
(b) Andy Harris
(c) John Krakauer
(d) Doug Hansen
7. How many continents' highest points did Rob Hall climb in a period of seven months once?
(a) 6
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 7
8. Who carries most of the gear for the climbers as they continue their hike up the mountain?
(a) Rob Hall
(b) Sherpas
(c) John Krakauer
(d) Doug Hansen
9. What does Krakauer develop as he is descending Icefall?
(a) Blindness in one eye
(b) Stomachache
(c) Stiff legs
(d) Headache
10. What is the name of the part on the climb where the glacier fractures into large chunks?
(a) Western Col
(b) Moving Meadow
(c) Glacier Freeze
(d) Icefall
11. What is the name of the highest camp on Mount Everest?
(a) Camp Two
(b) Camp Five
(c) Camp Four
(d) Camp Three
12. Which team on the mountain is sponsored by a newspaper?
(a) South African
(b) Rob Hall's
(c) German
(d) Scott Fischer's
13. Who meets Krakauer at the airport when he lands in India for his climbing journey?
(a) Andy Harris
(b) Rob Hall
(c) Anatoli Bourkeev
(d) Scott Fischer
14. Who gives a call to Groom, telling him to call off the climb?
(a) Jeremy Watson
(b) Anatoli Bourkeev
(c) Scott Fischer
(d) Rob Hall
15. What is the only treatment for the illness mentioned in #91?
(a) Dangerous medications
(b) Bedrest
(c) Decend to lower altitude
(d) Surgery
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Krakauer help the Sherpas chop ice for when they get back to camp?
2. Who is the Surveyor General of India that names the peak Mount Everest?
3. What is on the trail that slows down the hikers as they move along the glacier?
4. Doug Hansen and __________ are being led up to the summit by Rob Hall as Krakauer begins his descent.
5. Fischer is from _________.
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