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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tibet—The Yak Nomads.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How large is Tibet?
(a) 1.0 million square kilometers.
(b) 1.4 million square kilometers.
(c) 0.8 million square kilometers.
(d) 1.2 million square kilometers.

2. Where did the first person to want to scale Mount Everest meet the Indian yogis who impressed the man with their teachings about self-discipline?
(a) On a mail boat.
(b) At a base camp.
(c) In a plane.
(d) On a train.

3. By what nickname was Tenzing Norgay known?
(a) Mountain Man.
(b) Tibetan Lord.
(c) Climbing Wonder.
(d) Himalayan Tiger.

4. What technical aid did Messner consent to use during his climbs?
(a) Helicopter.
(b) Expansion bolts.
(c) Ice axe.
(d) Oxygen gear.

5. How high did the second British expedition reach before being forced to descend the mountain because of a growing storm?
(a) 8,230 meters.
(b) 8,170 meters.
(c) 8,020 meters.
(d) 8,315 meters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was NOT one of the crops that the Tibetan economy was based on?

2. With whom did Messner make his first Everest ascent?

3. As Messner and Nena gathered provisions in Peking in the Tibet chapter, they had an interpreter with them. What was the interpreter's name?

4. When the climbing team woke up in the Sherpa hut at the beginning of Messner's book, what season was it?

5. As the first person who wanted to scale Everest alone entered Tibet illegally, what was the person disguised as?

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