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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Hall only makes his climbers hike a few miles a day because of the _______________.
(a) Bad weather
(b) Rough terrain
(c) Thin air
(d) Heat

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

4. Hall says it's actually easy to get up the mountain, "The trick is get down _________."
(a) In one piece
(b) Without falling
(c) In time
(d) Alive

5. Who looked to be the strongest, but is worn out by the quick pace at the start?
(a) Stuart Hutchison
(b) Doug Hansen
(c) John Taske
(d) Frank Fischbeck

6. Who is the person on Fischer's team who is a legend in Himalayan climbing?
(a) Neil Beidleman
(b) Schoening
(c) Anatoli Bourkeev
(d) William Wilson

7. What is Krakauer impatient about as he runs out of oxygen?
(a) The picture taking
(b) Watching others descend
(c) The speed of his fellow climbers
(d) Letting other climbers pass

8. Krakauer sees a dead body wrapped in a ______________ as they are climbing their second acclimatization climb.
(a) Silver wrap
(b) White sheet
(c) Blue sheet
(d) Red sheet

9. What does Krakauer notice in the sky after taking pictures? This is something that he had not noticed before.
(a) Lightning
(b) Sunset
(c) Cloud formation
(d) Rain patterns

10. In 1852, who takes a complete survey of India in order to find out more about this land that is their colony now?
(a) India
(b) China
(c) Australia
(d) Britain

11. What is so special about the man who is the answer to #27?
(a) He is already wearing his gear.
(b) He has climbed Everest ten times.
(c) He has not climbed Everest before.
(d) He does not speak English.

12. Who is described as being from New Zealand, having a full beard, and being gregarious and funny?
(a) Anatoli Bourkeev
(b) Andy Harris
(c) Rob Hall
(d) Doug Hansen

13. Who is the quiet Australian that is the third guide in Rob Hall's group that is climbing to the summit?
(a) Mike Groom
(b) Matthew Good
(c) Jeremy Stillwater
(d) David Brashears

14. Who is the retired colonel who enjoys climbing because it gives him a mission in his new civilian life?
(a) Beck Weathers
(b) Andy Harris
(c) John Taske
(d) Doug Hansen

15. Who seems to act like a sort of mayor in the 'town' of Base Camp?
(a) John Krakauer
(b) Scott Fischer
(c) Andy Harris
(d) Rob Hall

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only treatment for the illness mentioned in #91?

2. What causes the brain damage in the Sherpa?

3. The Icefall is a dangerous area that is laid out in ropes and _____________.

4. Where do the climbers who find Wilson's body bury him?

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

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