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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was Hall's first partner when he began his climbing operation?
(a) Greg Ball
(b) Andy Harris
(c) Scott Fischer
(d) Doug Hansen

3. What climber actually saved the lives of five other climbers as he tried to ascent to the top of K2?
(a) Rob Hall
(b) Scott Fischer
(c) Schoening
(d) Anatoli Bourkeev

4. What is the answer to #93's other main role for Fischer's group?
(a) Rope Expert
(b) Base Camp Manager
(c) End Climber
(d) Guide

5. Many people on the mountain with Krakauer, he says, are 'marginally qualified ____________. '
(a) Climbers
(b) Dreamers
(c) Athletes
(d) Explorers

6. While at the summit, Krakauer takes photos of ___________ and Andy Harris.
(a) Scott Fischer
(b) Anatoli Bourkeev
(c) Michael Biedleman
(d) Rob Hall

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

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

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

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

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

12. What did Bourkeev do that necessitated that Fischer descend to help a client?
(a) Got ill
(b) Ignored instructions
(c) Climbed ahead of the group
(d) Sleep in

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

14. From what country is the man who is trying to ascent to the summit on his own?
(a) Germany
(b) France
(c) Norway
(d) Sweden

15. What do some of the climbers unpack when they are getting ready for their first acclimatization climb, much to Krakauer's alarm?
(a) Thin jackets
(b) White gear
(c) Fingerless gloves
(d) New boots

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Sherpas that have reached the summit are highly _________ in the community in which they live.

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

4. Doug Hansen and __________ are being led up to the summit by Rob Hall as Krakauer begins his descent.

5. Who does Krakauer see climbing up to the summit and who appears as looking beat?

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