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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is not wearing his goggles, although he is quickly reminded to do so?
(a) Stuart Hutchison
(b) Mike Groom
(c) John Krakauer
(d) Neil Beidleman

5. 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

6. The Japanese team was quoted as saying, "Above 8,000 meters is not a place where people can afford ________."
(a) To help
(b) Morality
(c) Hesitation
(d) Pity

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

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

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

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

11. How many people are left of the original 11 team members on Hall's team?
(a) 6
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 7

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

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

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

15. Whose family does Krakauer meet at the airport, returning his gear to them?
(a) Weathers'
(b) Hansen's
(c) Fischer's
(d) Hall's

Short Answer Questions

1. What is obscuring the actual peak for the team climbing in #151, making it look much closer than it actually is?

2. Who was supposed to have set up lines along the pathway up to the summit?

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

4. Which climber is found to be still breathing, but very near death. much to the surprise of everyone?

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

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