Into Thin Air Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 112 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Into Thin Air Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 112 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the climbers who find Wilson's body bury him?
(a) A crevasse
(b) They don't
(c) Nepal
(d) Tibet

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

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

4. What causes the brain damage in the Sherpa?
(a) Cancer
(b) Bacteria
(c) Poison
(d) Lack of oxygen

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

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

7. Who is the Surveyor General of India that names the peak Mount Everest?
(a) Sir Edmund Hillary
(b) Sir Edward Willings
(c) Sir Phineas Fogg
(d) Sir Andrew Waugh

8. What quality is Krakauer impressed with as the answer to #110 comes down the mountain?
(a) His determination
(b) His speed
(c) His discipline
(d) His strength

9. 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

10. What does Krakauer develop as he is descending Icefall?
(a) Blindness in one eye
(b) Headache
(c) Stiff legs
(d) Stomachache

11. In what year did the Mount Everest tragedy as described in the book take place among the climbers in Rob Hall's and Scott Fischer's teams?
(a) 1994
(b) 1995
(c) 1996
(d) 1997

12. What is keeping the men in the tent from getting out of their sleeping bags?
(a) Snow piles
(b) Headaches
(c) Lack of water
(d) The cold

13. Who does Krakauer see climbing up to the summit and who appears as looking beat?
(a) Rob Hall
(b) Andy Harris
(c) Scott Fischer
(d) Doug Hansen

14. The route on this first climb is over the Khumbu Glacier which is in the part called ________________.
(a) South Col
(b) Glacier Fall
(c) Icefall Danger
(d) Western Cwm

15. Fischer is from _________.
(a) Portland
(b) Spokane
(c) Boston
(d) Seattle

Short Answer Questions

1. Harris and __________ are leading the group on the way to Camp Two.

2. Who is the doctor for Fischer's group?

3. What is the name of John Krakauer's wife?

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

5. What do some of the climbers unpack when they are getting ready for their first acclimatization climb, much to Krakauer's alarm?

(see the answer keys)

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