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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summit: 1:25 p.m., May 10, 1996 - 29,028 Feet.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Krakauer want to avoid by moving quickly up the face on the one rope?
(a) Talking
(b) Fatigue
(c) A long line of climbers
(d) Darkness

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

4. Who admits he perhaps did not always speak up to the other guides when he should have?
(a) Rob Hall
(b) John Krakauer
(c) Neil Beidleman
(d) Beck Weathers

5. Who is NOT one of the climbers that decides to turn back when they realize they will reach the summit later than they should?
(a) Stuart Hutchison
(b) Doug Hansen
(c) John Taske
(d) Lou Kasischke

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the inexperienced climber that made it to the top of Everest with a guide?

2. Who is Krakauer impressed with in his group because he keeps up a steady pace?

3. Who gives the injured person in #137 his spare canister of oxygen?

4. What is Krakauer's reaction to seeing climbers lined up to get to the summit?

5. Who is the leader of Krakauer's group with which he is climbing in order to write a story for Outside Magazine?

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