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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 accompanied Denman on a mission even though he knew it would be unsuccessful?
(a) Scott Fischer
(b) Mike Groom
(c) Tenzing
(d) Rob Hall

2. What is Krakauer impatient about as he runs out of oxygen?
(a) The picture taking
(b) The speed of his fellow climbers
(c) Letting other climbers pass
(d) Watching others descend

3. Who is the leader of Krakauer's group with which he is climbing in order to write a story for Outside Magazine?
(a) Anatoli Bourkeev
(b) Andy Harris
(c) Rob Hall
(d) Scott Fischer

4. What was the nationality of the two climbers who are thought to have reached the summit first, although they never returned to camp?
(a) French
(b) British
(c) German
(d) Indian

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Many people on the mountain with Krakauer, he says, are 'marginally qualified ____________. '

2. What is on the trail that slows down the hikers as they move along the glacier?

3. What does Krakauer notice in the sky after taking pictures? This is something that he had not noticed before.

4. Who meets Krakauer at the airport when he lands in India for his climbing journey?

5. Who is in charge of making medical decisions for Fischer's group, although she has no altitude experience?

(see the answer key)

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