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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Camp One: April 16, 1996 - 19,500 Feet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the doctor for Fischer's group?
(a) Doug Hansen
(b) Caroline Mackenzie
(c) Ingrid Hunt
(d) Helen Wilton

2. Who sneaks into Tibet and makes it up to 21,000 feet where he finds a cache of supplies, but dies anyway?
(a) Corgay
(b) Rufussion
(c) Wilson
(d) Tenzing

3. What is Krakauer's reaction to seeing climbers lined up to get to the summit?
(a) Bored
(b) Excited
(c) Nervous
(d) Alarmed

4. What has NOT left Krukauer feeling drained when he reaches the summit?
(a) Thin air
(b) No water
(c) Illness
(d) Lack of sleep

5. Krakauer sees a dead body wrapped in a ______________ as they are climbing their second acclimatization climb.
(a) Red sheet
(b) Blue sheet
(c) Silver wrap
(d) White sheet

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the first known climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest?

2. What is the only treatment for the illness mentioned in #91?

3. From what country is the answer to #27?

4. Where is Hall's group first flying to by helicopter before they begin their climb up the mountain?

5. Who is the Surveyor General of India that names the peak Mount Everest?

(see the answer key)

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