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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 is the leader of Krakauer's group with which he is climbing in order to write a story for Outside Magazine?
(a) Rob Hall
(b) Scott Fischer
(c) Andy Harris
(d) Anatoli Bourkeev

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

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

4. Who carries most of the gear for the climbers as they continue their hike up the mountain?
(a) Doug Hansen
(b) Sherpas
(c) John Krakauer
(d) Rob Hall

5. Whose flag had Krakauer brought with him to pose with at the summit, although he leaves it in his bag?
(a) Outside magazine
(b) No one's
(c) United States
(d) Washington State

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Krakauer find on a short hike up from Camp Two?

2. What climber actually saved the lives of five other climbers as he tried to ascent to the top of K2?

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

4. Who assembles Fischer's team in order to continue their descent?

5. What does Hutchison ask Krakauer to check because it does not feel right?

(see the answer key)

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