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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 acronym for the illness Topche comes down with?
(a) HAPE
(b) HACE
(c) AST
(d) APT

2. Which team on the mountain is sponsored by a newspaper?
(a) Scott Fischer's
(b) Rob Hall's
(c) South African
(d) German

3. Who are the main guides of Nepal that help the climbers with their goals of reaching the summit?
(a) Saldas
(b) Sholas
(c) Sherpas
(d) Sherpos

4. Who wakes Krakauer and tells him that Harris is not in his tent, shocking Krakauer?
(a) Doug Hansen
(b) Rob Hall
(c) Scott Fischer
(d) Stuart Hutchison

5. Where did the team wait until the lines were put into place?
(a) Icefall
(b) Camp Three
(c) Balcony
(d) South Col

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Harris' wife's occupation?

2. How might the conditions at Lobuje be described?

3. What did Fischer climb Everest without in order to attract attention to his climbing skills and services?

4. Whose directions does Krakauer decide to follow in his search for missing climbers?

5. Hall says it's actually easy to get up the mountain, "The trick is get down _________."

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