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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through South Col: 7:30 a.m., May 11, 1996 - 26,000 Feet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Scott Fischer's climbing organization?
(a) Adventure Consultants
(b) Adventure Galore
(c) Mountain Explorers
(d) Mountain Madness

2. Hall only makes his climbers hike a few miles a day because of the _______________.
(a) Bad weather
(b) Thin air
(c) Rough terrain
(d) Heat

3. What climber actually saved the lives of five other climbers as he tried to ascent to the top of K2?
(a) Scott Fischer
(b) Anatoli Bourkeev
(c) Rob Hall
(d) Schoening

4. Harris and his wife helped run a clinic at __________ which is on the way to Base Camp.
(a) Mache
(b) Lulka
(c) Pheriche
(d) Lobogi

5. Whose directions does Krakauer decide to follow in his search for missing climbers?
(a) Bourkeev's
(b) Fischer's
(c) Wilton's
(d) Hall's

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the acronym for the illness Topche comes down with?

2. What is the final destination of the first hike of the climbers in Rob Hall's group?

3. From whom does Rob Hall attract criticism?

4. Who accompanied Denman on a mission even though he knew it would be unsuccessful?

5. Which team on the mountain is sponsored by a newspaper?

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