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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is assisting Pittman, causing him to fall behind and not be the leader as he was meant to be?
(a) Rob Hall
(b) Scott Fischer
(c) Lopsang
(d) Mike Groom

2. What does the team Krakauer saw in his camera lens come back to Camp Four to report?
(a) Illness throughout their team
(b) They lost 2 men on the team
(c) They reached the summit
(d) Bad weather prevented them from reaching the top

3. Who blames himself for bringing bad luck to Fischer?
(a) Lopsang
(b) Ang Dorje
(c) Mike Groom
(d) Rob Hall

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

5. Who admits he perhaps did not always speak up to the other guides when he should have?
(a) Neil Beidleman
(b) Rob Hall
(c) John Krakauer
(d) Beck Weathers

6. 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

7. Which climber is openly scorned and hounded by journalists?
(a) Lopsang
(b) John Krakauer
(c) Scott Fischer
(d) Sandy Pittman

8. Who does Krakauer ask to turn down his tank of oxygen in order to conserve oxygen?
(a) Rob Hall
(b) Doug Hansen
(c) Mike Groom
(d) Andy Harris

9. Who assembles Fischer's team in order to continue their descent?
(a) Neil Beidleman
(b) John Taske
(c) John Krakauer
(d) Mike Groom

10. Who evacuated with Fox via helicopter from Mount Everest?
(a) John Krakauer
(b) Beck Weathers
(c) Mike Groom
(d) Gau

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

13. Who discovers the bodies of the team mentioned in #151 the next day?
(a) Fischer
(b) Krakauer
(c) Japanese team
(d) Hall

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

15. Who is on the summit ridge and needs help as per his radio call?
(a) Scott Fischer
(b) Rob Hall
(c) Mike Groom
(d) Doug Hansen

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells one of Fischer's Sherpas to stay behind?

2. Whose directions does Krakauer decide to follow in his search for missing climbers?

3. Which leader of the South African group does not appear to be doing well?

4. Whose death has become a national story in his country?

5. What does Hutchison ask Krakauer to check because it does not feel right?

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