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

2. Who was told via a phone at Base Camp and Hutchison's message that Harris had made it down safely into Camp?
(a) Helen Wilton
(b) Harris' wife
(c) Rob Hall
(d) Scott Fischer

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

4. What did Bourkeev do that necessitated that Fischer descend to help a client?
(a) Sleep in
(b) Ignored instructions
(c) Got ill
(d) Climbed ahead of the group

5. Which climber is found to be still breathing, but very near death. much to the surprise of everyone?
(a) Namba
(b) Rob Hall
(c) Andy Harris
(d) Scott Fischer

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Krakauer impatient about as he runs out of oxygen?

3. What does Krakauer notice in the sky after taking pictures? This is something that he had not noticed before.

4. What does Krakauer notice about the Sherpas' culture when they arrive in Namche?

5. What has Krakauer worried when he reaches the summit, so much so that he can not enjoy his time there?

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