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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter V Looking for Annapurna.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Herzog and his team do during their first days in Tukucha?
(a) Set up camp.
(b) Reconnoiter the mountain.
(c) Arrange passports.
(d) Acclimatize.

2. What news did the climbers from Dhaulagiri announce?
(a) That one of the members had nearly frozen.
(b) That they had found a way.
(c) That there was a wide river to cross.
(d) That there was an impassable crevasse field.

3. What did Herzog pack for sustenance on his way back to the camp at Tilicho Pass?
(a) Rice.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Bread.
(d) Milk.

4. Which of the following actions did the climbers commit themselves to do via oath?
(a) To return alive.
(b) To obey Herzog.
(c) To reach the summit before another team.
(d) To summit or die.

5. Who served as doctor during the expedition?
(a) Jacques Oudot.
(b) Jean Couzy.
(c) Louis Lachenal.
(d) Marcel Schatz.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the team members selected?

2. When did Herzog decide on Annapurna instead of Dhaulagiri?

3. What type of work did people in Tukucha primarily do?

4. How far away from camp did Herzog collapse?

5. Whom did Herzog send to look for the Tilicho Pass?

(see the answer key)

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