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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. What is the name of Scott Fischer's climbing organization?
(a) Mountain Madness
(b) Adventure Consultants
(c) Mountain Explorers
(d) Adventure Galore

2. What do some of the climbers unpack when they are getting ready for their first acclimatization climb, much to Krakauer's alarm?
(a) Fingerless gloves
(b) White gear
(c) New boots
(d) Thin jackets

3. Many people on the mountain with Krakauer, he says, are 'marginally qualified ____________. '
(a) Climbers
(b) Explorers
(c) Athletes
(d) Dreamers

4. What was Mount Everest's first official name?
(a) Peak X
(b) Mountain XV
(c) Mountain X
(d) Peak XV

5. Who is the overachieving doctor, one who is actually hooked on climbing for its real challenges?
(a) Andy Harris
(b) John Taske
(c) Beck Weathers
(d) Doug Hansen

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the person on Fischer's team who is a legend in Himalayan climbing?

2. What is Harris' wife's occupation?

3. Who stays behind and doesn't climb with the group on this particular day?

4. Who seems to act like a sort of mayor in the 'town' of Base Camp?

5. Which of the guides have already become ill as a result of the conditions at Lobuje?

(see the answer key)

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