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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Everest Base Camp: May 13, 1996 - 17,600 Feet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gives the injured person in #137 his spare canister of oxygen?
(a) Neil Beidleman
(b) John Krakauer
(c) Anatoli Bourkeev
(d) Lopsang

2. Whose death has become a national story in his country?
(a) Scott Fischer
(b) Rob Hall
(c) Namba
(d) Doug Hansen

3. Who, besides Harris, is said to be missing at this point of the story?
(a) Beck Weathers
(b) Namba
(c) Scott Fischer
(d) Rob Hall

4. What is Andy Harris' wife's name, as Krakauer finds out from hiking with him?
(a) Fiona Stevenson
(b) Lola Harris
(c) Mary Richardson
(d) Maddie Lane

5. From whom does Rob Hall attract criticism?
(a) Sir Edmund Hillary
(b) Greg Ball
(c) Scott Fischer
(d) Dalai Lama

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Surveyor General of India that names the peak Mount Everest?

2. What does Krakauer want to avoid by moving quickly up the face on the one rope?

3. Who were the first known climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest?

4. From what side has the team in #151 ascended Everest?

5. Who was supposed to have set up lines along the pathway up to the summit?

(see the answer key)

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