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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who meets Krakauer at the airport when he lands in India for his climbing journey?
(a) Rob Hall
(b) Anatoli Bourkeev
(c) Andy Harris
(d) Scott Fischer

4. Where does Krakauer land when he arrives in Nepal?
(a) Tanuku
(b) Katmandu
(c) Bangalore
(d) Bangladesh

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

6. Which magazine does Krakauer query in order to climb Mount Everest for a story?
(a) Mountain Climbing
(b) Field and Stream
(c) The Rock
(d) Outside

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

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

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

10. What did Fischer climb Everest without in order to attract attention to his climbing skills and services?
(a) Gear
(b) Food
(c) Boots
(d) Oxygen

11. What is the name of the part on the climb where the glacier fractures into large chunks?
(a) Glacier Freeze
(b) Moving Meadow
(c) Western Col
(d) Icefall

12. Sherpas that have reached the summit are highly _________ in the community in which they live.
(a) Respected
(b) Mocked
(c) Feared
(d) Paid

13. The Icefall is a dangerous area that is laid out in ropes and _____________.
(a) Poles
(b) Aluminum ladders
(c) Fishing lines
(d) Bridges

14. What is the acronym for the illness Topche comes down with?
(a) APT
(b) HACE
(c) HAPE
(d) AST

15. What is affecting Krukauer's ability to think clearly while at the summit of Mount Everest?
(a) Low oxygen
(b) Heavy snow
(c) Other climbers
(d) Loud noises

Short Answer Questions

1. Many people on the mountain with Krakauer, he says, are 'marginally qualified ____________. '

2. What does Krakauer help the Sherpas chop ice for when they get back to camp?

3. What quality is Krakauer impressed with as the answer to #110 comes down the mountain?

4. What was the nationality of the two climbers who are thought to have reached the summit first, although they never returned to camp?

5. Sherpas make up ______ of all deaths on Mount Everest, according to Krakauer.

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