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 admits he perhaps did not always speak up to the other guides when he should have?
(a) Neil Beidleman
(b) Rob Hall
(c) John Krakauer
(d) Beck Weathers

2. Who gives the injured person in #137 his spare canister of oxygen?
(a) John Krakauer
(b) Lopsang
(c) Anatoli Bourkeev
(d) Neil Beidleman

3. Who asks Krakauer to clear the ice from his oxygen equipment in order to make sure it's functioning?
(a) Doug Hansen
(b) Beck Weathers
(c) Rob Hall
(d) Andy Harris

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

5. Who wakes Krakauer and tells him that Harris is not in his tent, shocking Krakauer?
(a) Rob Hall
(b) Stuart Hutchison
(c) Doug Hansen
(d) Scott Fischer

6. Where did the team wait until the lines were put into place?
(a) Balcony
(b) Camp Three
(c) South Col
(d) Icefall

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

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

9. 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

10. Who, besides Harris, is said to be missing at this point of the story?
(a) Rob Hall
(b) Namba
(c) Beck Weathers
(d) Scott Fischer

11. Which leader of the South African group does not appear to be doing well?
(a) Bruce Herrod
(b) Brent Rumnan
(c) Bruce Hammond
(d) Brian Hillard

12. What time did Fischer and Hall decide as turn around time, even though there is no formal announcement to the team?
(a) 12:00PM
(b) 2:00PM
(c) 1:00PM
(d) 3:00PM

13. Who finally goes on to attach the lines that are necessary to allow the climbers up the mountain?
(a) Andy Harris
(b) Neil Beidleman
(c) Beck Weathers
(d) Rob Hall

14. Krakauer makes his way to the top of __________ where he must wait for descending climbers to pass.
(a) South Col
(b) Summit
(c) Hillary Step
(d) Western Cwm

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only other member of Hall's team, besides Krakauer, that is still able to climb?

2. What is Krakauer handed when he arrives in Base Camp, causing him to sit down and realize just what he has been through?

3. In what month is Krakauer's article about the trip published in Outside?

4. Where is Camp Four located on Mount Everest?

5. Which climber is openly scorned and hounded by journalists?

(see the answer keys)

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