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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Lachenal's condition?
(a) He was blind.
(b) His toes and heels were frostbitten.
(c) He was nauseous.
(d) He was numb to the elbows and ankles.

2. What did Herzog say in response to Terray's offer?
(a) That Terray should move up to Camp IV.
(b) That Terray should take gear to Camp III, and then return to Camp II.
(c) That Terray should talk with the Sherpas at Camp III.
(d) That Terray should stay at Camp III until morale improved.

3. What did Dr. Oudot insist that Herzog do as they descended?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Drink.
(c) Talk.
(d) Eat.

4. How did Herzog make his way out of the valley?
(a) On a sled.
(b) On a porter's back.
(c) On foot.
(d) By horse.

5. What happened to Herzog as he descended the ice wall that the team encountered?
(a) He lost his gloves.
(b) He lost skin on his fingers.
(c) He fell.
(d) He was swept up in an avalanche.

6. How did Herzog feel about Terray's concerns?
(a) He did not understand them.
(b) He knew that they were groundless.
(c) He knew that conditions would improve shortly.
(d) He shared them.

7. Who went to help Herzog and Lachenal at the edge of the Sickle glacier?
(a) Dr. Oudot.
(b) Schatz.
(c) Rebuffat.
(d) Sarki.

8. What did Herzog see in his fever-induced vision?
(a) His parents.
(b) His friends.
(c) His wife.
(d) Himself among the mountains.

9. What did Herzog confide to Terray in Camp II?
(a) That he was not feeling well.
(b) That the others would probably die.
(c) That the Sherpas were unhappy.
(d) That the two of them would probably be the first to summit.

10. Why had Herzog lost sight of things upon returning to camp?
(a) He was overjoyed to report his achievement.
(b) He was totally exhausted.
(c) He was sick with altitude sickness.
(d) He was in pain from his injuries.

11. What had Herzog lost sight of upon returning to camp?
(a) The approaching monsoon.
(b) The approaching simoom.
(c) The damage that he had done to his hands and feet.
(d) The poor state of morale among the other climbers.

12. What terrified Herzog on his way out?
(a) Being carried over high ledges.
(b) The fear of suffocating.
(c) The thought that one of his climbers might die.
(d) The thought of never seeing his wife again.

13. What did Herzog reply when Lachenal asked him what he would do if he (Lachenal) were to turn back?
(a) He replied that he would continue the expedition alone.
(b) He replied that he would make it Camp VI.
(c) He would turn back as well.
(d) He replied that he would stay at Camp V until he (Lachenal) would return.

14. What changed as the climbers descended from the Woods of Lete?
(a) They began to encounter flooding.
(b) The snow began.
(c) The temperature rose.
(d) The rain began.

15. At whose mercy did Herzog ultimately collapse?
(a) At Lachenal's.
(b) At Schatz's.
(c) At Dr. Oudot's.
(d) At Rebuffat's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Herzog hear upon returning to camp?

2. What was the weather like as Herzog and Lachenal were making their way down?

3. What was Terray's response to the information that Herzog confided in him?

4. What did the climbers in Camp I share?

5. What was Ang-Tharkay's response?

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