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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through North Col—Stuck in the Monsoon Snow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1924, what was the altitude reached by the British climber who set a record for the highest altitude reached climbing without oxygen?
(a) 8,126 meters.
(b) 8,738 meters.
(c) 8,572 meters.
(d) 8,621 meters.

2. What was the name of the woman that Messner was married to?
(a) Nena.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Kato.
(d) Uschi.

3. Who discovered that the North Ridge was the ideal approach to the North-East Shoulder?
(a) Habeler.
(b) Mallory.
(c) Messner.
(d) Wilson.

4. When Messner spied some Sherpas that he knew in the Tibet chapter, where did Messner know the Sherpas from?
(a) Chomolungma.
(b) Nangpa La.
(c) Tingri.
(d) Ama Dablam.

5. Where did Nena and Messner build their main camp after choosing to leave the Rongbuk monastery in the Tibet chapter?
(a) On Chomolungma.
(b) On the North Col.
(c) On the North-East Ridge.
(d) On the Rongbuk Glacier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ganpei mean?

2. Who were the first group of foreign mountaineers to undertake an expedition in Tibet after the creation of the People's Republic?

3. According to Messner, at what age he did begin climbing?

4. At what altitude did the hotel in Syangpoche that the climbing team was headed to after leaving the Sherpa hut in the beginning of the book lie?

5. A few days after being forced to descend Everest because of the storm, which two team members were able to ascend to 8,321 meters during the second British expedition?

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