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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. Who was supposed to have set up lines along the pathway up to the summit?
(a) Hall and Fischer
(b) Mike Groom
(c) Sherpas from each team
(d) Anatoli Bourkeev

2. What is affecting Krukauer's ability to think clearly while at the summit of Mount Everest?
(a) Heavy snow
(b) Low oxygen
(c) Loud noises
(d) Other climbers

3. What is the name of Rob Hall's climbing organization that leads climbers up to the summit of Mount Everest?
(a) Mountain Madness
(b) Everest Evertons
(c) Adventure Consultants
(d) Mountain Explorers

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

5. Sherpas make up ______ of all deaths on Mount Everest, according to Krakauer.
(a) Three quarters
(b) 90%
(c) One third
(d) One half

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the final destination of the first hike of the climbers in Rob Hall's group?

3. Krakauer makes his way to the top of __________ where he must wait for descending climbers to pass.

4. What does Krakauer develop as he is descending Icefall?

5. What is Harris' wife's occupation?

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