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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hutchison ask Krakauer to check because it does not feel right?
(a) Climbing harness
(b) Pack
(c) Coat
(d) Oxygen tank

2. What does Lopsang give to Fischer to help him feel better?
(a) Injection
(b) Water
(c) Tea
(d) Medicine

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

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

5. 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) Phone
(c) Towel
(d) Beer

6. Who nearly collapses at the top of the Hillary Step when climbing on Mount Everest?
(a) No one
(b) Rob Hall
(c) Doug Hansen
(d) Scott Fischer

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

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

9. Who is NOT one of the climbers that decides to turn back when they realize they will reach the summit later than they should?
(a) John Taske
(b) Stuart Hutchison
(c) Lou Kasischke
(d) Doug Hansen

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

11. What time did Fischer and Hall decide as turn around time, even though there is no formal announcement to the team?
(a) 2:00PM
(b) 1:00PM
(c) 3:00PM
(d) 12:00PM

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

13. Who is the one person Krakauer is not able to interview for the article he wrote for the magazine?
(a) David Brashears
(b) Gau
(c) Martin Adams
(d) Beck Weathers

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who blames himself for bringing bad luck to Fischer?

3. Who is the only other member of Hall's team, besides Krakauer, that is still able to climb?

4. How many people are left of the original 11 team members on Hall's team?

5. Who removes his mask and does not use it as they begin their descent?

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