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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is coming down the mountain after traveling from sea level to the top of Everest?
(a) Kenneth Krupp
(b) Goran Kropp
(c) Thomas Rightbody
(d) Julian Methers

3. Who is Krakauer impressed with in his group because he keeps up a steady pace?
(a) Doug Hansen
(b) John Taske
(c) Rob Hall
(d) Frank Fischbeck

4. Who is the Base Camp manager for the group?
(a) Helen Wilton
(b) David Brashears
(c) Sue Sparks
(d) Maxwell Huntington

5. Which of the guides have already become ill as a result of the conditions at Lobuje?
(a) Andy Harris
(b) Rob Hall
(c) Scott Fischer
(d) Mike Groom

6. Who were the first known climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest?
(a) Hillary and Tenzing
(b) Hillary and Hall
(c) Tenzing and Waugh
(d) Fischer and Tenzing

7. Who is Krakauer's tent mate at Camp Two?
(a) Scott Fischer
(b) Rob Hall
(c) Doug Hansen
(d) Helen Wilton

8. Who is in charge of making medical decisions for Fischer's group, although she has no altitude experience?
(a) Ingrid Hunt
(b) Sue Mackenzie
(c) Helen Wilton
(d) John Terrence

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

10. Where is the team supposed to climb to on this particular day in the novel?
(a) Base Camp
(b) Camp One
(c) Camp Three
(d) Summit

11. Who does Krakauer ask to turn down his oxygen tank because he wants to conserve his oxygen as he waits for other climbers?
(a) Rob Hall
(b) Scott Fischer
(c) Andy Harris
(d) David Brashears

12. What is Harris' wife's occupation?
(a) Physician
(b) Writer
(c) Novelist
(d) Veterinarian

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

14. What is the final destination of the first hike of the climbers in Rob Hall's group?
(a) Camp One
(b) South Col
(c) Base Camp
(d) Camp Two

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Fischer actually depend on for financial support for his climbing?

3. Where does Krakauer plan to go for more oxygen?

4. Hall says it's actually easy to get up the mountain, "The trick is get down _________."

5. What is the name of the large chunks into which the glacier breaks?

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