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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lhotse Face: April 29, 1996 - 23,400 Feet.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Willi Unsoeld, a man from Krakauer's hometown, do that inspired Krakauer to climb?
(a) Climb Mount Everest by the West Ridge route
(b) Climg Mount Everest without a guide
(c) Climb Everest without oxygen
(d) Climb Mount Everest by the Nepal entrance

3. What doesn't Base Camp have as one of its many luxurious amenities?
(a) Electricity
(b) Hot tubs
(c) Satellite phone
(d) Hot water

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

5. What does Krakauer find on a short hike up from Camp Two?
(a) A dead body
(b) A spare oxygen tank
(c) A kata
(d) A rogue camp

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ang Dorje called by the other climbers in the group?

2. What is the name of the large chunks into which the glacier breaks?

3. The Icefall is a dangerous area that is laid out in ropes and _____________.

4. The route on this first climb is over the Khumbu Glacier which is in the part called ________________.

5. What is keeping the men in the tent from getting out of their sleeping bags?

(see the answer key)

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