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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Krakauer handed when he arrives in Base Camp, causing him to sit down and realize just what he has been through?
(a) Computer
(b) Towel
(c) Phone
(d) Beer

2. Who, besides Harris, is said to be missing at this point of the story?
(a) Rob Hall
(b) Scott Fischer
(c) Beck Weathers
(d) Namba

3. Who was killed in an avalanche on Everest the next year?
(a) Ang Dorje
(b) Anatoli Bourkeev
(c) Lopsang
(d) Mike Groom

4. Who was supposed to have set up lines along the pathway up to the summit?
(a) Anatoli Bourkeev
(b) Hall and Fischer
(c) Mike Groom
(d) Sherpas from each team

5. Which team climber falls to the ground when he reaches the summit?
(a) Rob Hall
(b) Joe Fischer
(c) Sandy Pittman
(d) Doug Hansen

6. Who was told via a phone at Base Camp and Hutchison's message that Harris had made it down safely into Camp?
(a) Helen Wilton
(b) Scott Fischer
(c) Harris' wife
(d) Rob Hall

7. Scott Fischer and who else are the last climbers to come up Hillary Step?
(a) Andy Harris
(b) Doug Hansen
(c) John Krakauer
(d) Beck Weathers

8. Who is the only other member of Hall's team, besides Krakauer, that is still able to climb?
(a) Beck Weathers
(b) Rob Hall
(c) Stuart Hutchison
(d) Mike Groom

9. What does Krakauer want to avoid by moving quickly up the face on the one rope?
(a) Fatigue
(b) Talking
(c) Darkness
(d) A long line of climbers

10. Which climber is found to be still breathing, but very near death. much to the surprise of everyone?
(a) Andy Harris
(b) Scott Fischer
(c) Rob Hall
(d) Namba

11. What is obscuring the actual peak for the team climbing in #151, making it look much closer than it actually is?
(a) Shadows
(b) Snowfall
(c) A ridge
(d) Heavy clouds

12. Which team does Krakauer think he sees through his camera lens as he looks up at the summit?
(a) Monenegrin
(b) Japanese
(c) South African
(d) German

13. Who removes his mask and does not use it as they begin their descent?
(a) Scott Fischer
(b) Doug Hansen
(c) Andy Harris
(d) Rob Hall

14. Who is thought to be dead at this point of the story, although it is revealed later to not be the case?
(a) Rob Hall
(b) Beck Weathers
(c) Mike Groom
(d) David Brashears

15. Who almost falls off the side of the rock face because he tries to climb before the ropes are secured?
(a) Scott Fischer
(b) John Krakauer
(c) Namba
(d) Doug Hansen

Short Answer Questions

1. From what side has the team in #151 ascended Everest?

2. Who nearly collapses at the top of the Hillary Step when climbing on Mount Everest?

3. Who is NOT one of the climbers that decides to turn back when they realize they will reach the summit later than they should?

4. Whose family does Krakauer meet at the airport, returning his gear to them?

5. Who wakes Krakauer and tells him that Harris is not in his tent, shocking Krakauer?

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