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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is on the trail that slows down the hikers as they move along the glacier?
(a) Trees
(b) Snow
(c) Rain
(d) Ice

3. Who is the doctor for Fischer's group?
(a) Caroline Mackenzie
(b) Helen Wilton
(c) Doug Hansen
(d) Ingrid Hunt

4. What kind of role does Krakauer think Bourkeev sees himself as one of the guides?
(a) Technical
(b) Tour guide
(c) Medical
(d) Assisting

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

6. Who led an effort to clean up Base Camp when it was dirty in the 70's and 80's?
(a) Sherpas
(b) Climbers
(c) EPA
(d) Commercial guides

7. Hall says, "I think it's pretty unlikely that we'll get through this season without something ______ happening up high."
(a) Good
(b) Bad
(c) Disastraous
(d) Miraculous

8. 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

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

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

11. Who does Krakauer help when they reach Camp One?
(a) Roubleman
(b) Rob Hall
(c) Ang Dorje
(d) Ang Roshula

12. Who sneaks into Tibet and makes it up to 21,000 feet where he finds a cache of supplies, but dies anyway?
(a) Corgay
(b) Wilson
(c) Rufussion
(d) Tenzing

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Harris' wife's occupation?

2. What is the name for the silk scarf that the Buddhist lama ties around the necks of the climbers before their ascent?

3. What is the cruising altitude of the plane that makes Krakauer realize how absurd it seems to climb that distance as it is so close to Everest's summit measurement?

4. How many people in Hall's group (besides Hall) have ever climbed above 8,000 feet?

5. How many times has Fischer climbed Mount Everest?

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