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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Southeast Ridge: May 10, 1996 - 27,600 Feet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the overachieving doctor, one who is actually hooked on climbing for its real challenges?
(a) Doug Hansen
(b) Andy Harris
(c) Beck Weathers
(d) John Taske

2. Who meets Krakauer at the airport when he lands in India for his climbing journey?
(a) Anatoli Bourkeev
(b) Andy Harris
(c) Rob Hall
(d) Scott Fischer

3. "One must have drive, but too much drive will get _____________"
(a) One to the top
(b) One killed
(c) One lost
(d) One sick

4. Who stays behind and doesn't climb with the group on this particular day?
(a) John Krakauer
(b) Doug Hansen
(c) David Brashears
(d) Andy Harris

5. Fischer is from _________.
(a) Seattle
(b) Portland
(c) Boston
(d) Spokane

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Krakauer help when they reach Camp One?

2. Who is the Base Camp manager for the group?

3. What causes the brain damage in the Sherpa?

4. How many times has Fischer climbed Mount Everest?

5. What is the cruising altitude of the plane that makes Krakauer realize how absurd it seems to climb that distance as it is so close to Everest's summit measurement?

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