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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 meets Krakauer at the airport when he lands in India for his climbing journey?
(a) Andy Harris
(b) Anatoli Bourkeev
(c) Rob Hall
(d) Scott Fischer

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

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

4. How many people in Hall's group (besides Hall) have ever climbed above 8,000 feet?
(a) 1
(b) 3
(c)
(d) All

5. Who stays behind and doesn't climb with the group on this particular day?
(a) Doug Hansen
(b) David Brashears
(c) John Krakauer
(d) Andy Harris

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name for the silk scarf that the Buddhist lama ties around the necks of the climbers before their ascent?

2. In 1852, who takes a complete survey of India in order to find out more about this land that is their colony now?

3. Krakauer believes climbing Everest is not about the adrenaline rush, but it is 'more about ___________."

4. What was Mount Everest's first official name?

5. Krakauer considers himself to be _____ to think he has what it takes to climb Everest.

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