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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who finally goes on to attach the lines that are necessary to allow the climbers up the mountain?
(a) Beck Weathers
(b) Andy Harris
(c) Rob Hall
(d) Neil Beidleman

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

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

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

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

9. Where did the team wait until the lines were put into place?
(a) South Col
(b) Balcony
(c) Icefall
(d) Camp Three

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

11. Who insists the team should not leave the camp while Hall is still up on the mountain?
(a) John Krakauer
(b) Stuart Hutchison
(c) John Taske
(d) Mike Groom

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who assembles Fischer's team in order to continue their descent?

2. Which team does Krakauer think he sees through his camera lens as he looks up at the summit?

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

4. Who is on the summit ridge and needs help as per his radio call?

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

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