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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose flag had Krakauer brought with him to pose with at the summit, although he leaves it in his bag?
(a) Outside magazine
(b) United States
(c) No one's
(d) Washington State

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

3. Who is waiting for Fischer when he reaches the Everest summit because he feels indebted to him?
(a) No one
(b) Lopsang
(c) Doug Hansen
(d) Mike Groom

4. Who has had his right arm amputated below the elbow?
(a) Doug Hansen
(b) John Krakauer
(c) Mike Groom
(d) Beck Weathers

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

6. Who said he just kept moving and didn't look back when he saw Namba couldn't stay upright in order to get back to camp?
(a) Neil Beidleman
(b) John Krakauer
(c) Mike Groom
(d) Beck Weathers

7. Whose advice does Krakauer seek out as he deals with the horrors of the aftermath of the tragedy?
(a) Tenzing
(b) Schoening
(c) Sir Edmund Hillary
(d) Scott Fischer

8. Who goes with the climbers mentioned in #170?
(a) John Taske
(b) Mike Groom
(c) John Krakauer
(d) Rob Hall

9. 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) David Brashears
(c) Beck Weathers
(d) Mike Groom

10. Krakauer makes his way to the top of __________ where he must wait for descending climbers to pass.
(a) South Col
(b) Western Cwm
(c) Summit
(d) Hillary Step

11. Whose death has become a national story in his country?
(a) Rob Hall
(b) Namba
(c) Scott Fischer
(d) Doug Hansen

12. From what side has the team in #151 ascended Everest?
(a) Nepal
(b) Indian Ocean
(c) Tibetan
(d) Asian

13. Where is Camp Four located on Mount Everest?
(a) Lhtose Face
(b) Icefall
(c) Wester Cwm
(d) South Col

14. Who is concerned that neither Fischer nor any of his other clients have reached the top at this point?
(a) Mike Groom
(b) Doug Hansen
(c) Neil Beidleman
(d) John Krakauer

15. Who gives the injured person in #137 his spare canister of oxygen?
(a) John Krakauer
(b) Anatoli Bourkeev
(c) Neil Beidleman
(d) Lopsang

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is severely injured in a bus accident while in his native country?

2. Who discovers the bodies of the team mentioned in #151 the next day?

3. Scott Fischer and who else are the last climbers to come up Hillary Step?

4. Who is the one person Krakauer is not able to interview for the article he wrote for the magazine?

5. What has Krakauer worried when he reaches the summit, so much so that he can not enjoy his time there?

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