Into Thin Air Test | Final Test - Easy

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Into Thin Air Test | Final Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has had his right arm amputated below the elbow?
(a) Doug Hansen
(b) Beck Weathers
(c) Mike Groom
(d) John Krakauer

2. Which team climber falls to the ground when he reaches the summit?
(a) Sandy Pittman
(b) Doug Hansen
(c) Rob Hall
(d) Joe Fischer

3. What does Krakauer want to avoid by moving quickly up the face on the one rope?
(a) Talking
(b) Fatigue
(c) A long line of climbers
(d) Darkness

4. Who continues to wait for Hansen at the summit because he wants to make sure someone else arrives?
(a) Scott Fischer
(b) Stuart Hutchison
(c) No one
(d) Rob Hall

5. Whose advice does Krakauer seek out as he deals with the horrors of the aftermath of the tragedy?
(a) Sir Edmund Hillary
(b) Schoening
(c) Tenzing
(d) Scott Fischer

6. What is obscuring the actual peak for the team climbing in #151, making it look much closer than it actually is?
(a) Shadows
(b) Snowfall
(c) Heavy clouds
(d) A ridge

7. Who is on the summit ridge and needs help as per his radio call?
(a) Mike Groom
(b) Scott Fischer
(c) Doug Hansen
(d) Rob Hall

8. Who goes with the climbers mentioned in #170?
(a) Mike Groom
(b) Rob Hall
(c) John Taske
(d) John Krakauer

9. Who assembles Fischer's team in order to continue their descent?
(a) John Taske
(b) John Krakauer
(c) Mike Groom
(d) Neil Beidleman

10. Who tells one of Fischer's Sherpas to stay behind?
(a) Mike Groom
(b) Rob Hall
(c) Lopsang
(d) JohnKrakauer

11. Who says he is feeling lightheaded and unsure of himself, which might affect his decisions?
(a) John Krakauer
(b) Mike Groom
(c) Rob Hall
(d) Stuart Hutchison

12. Who is waiting for Fischer when he reaches the Everest summit because he feels indebted to him?
(a) No one
(b) Doug Hansen
(c) Mike Groom
(d) Lopsang

13. What does Lopsang give to Fischer to help him feel better?
(a) Tea
(b) Water
(c) Injection
(d) Medicine

14. Who is concerned that neither Fischer nor any of his other clients have reached the top at this point?
(a) Mike Groom
(b) John Krakauer
(c) Doug Hansen
(d) Neil Beidleman

15. Who insists the team should not leave the camp while Hall is still up on the mountain?
(a) Mike Groom
(b) John Taske
(c) John Krakauer
(d) Stuart Hutchison

Short Answer Questions

1. Who nearly collapses at the top of the Hillary Step when climbing on Mount Everest?

2. Who removes his mask and does not use it as they begin their descent?

3. What expedition also has just reached the top at about 4:00 P.M.?

4. Who does Krakauer ask to turn down his tank of oxygen in order to conserve oxygen?

5. Who said he just kept moving and didn't look back when he saw Namba couldn't stay upright in order to get back to camp?

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