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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Whose directions does Krakauer decide to follow in his search for missing climbers?
(a) Hall's
(b) Bourkeev's
(c) Fischer's
(d) Wilton's

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

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) Mike Groom
(b) Neil Beidleman
(c) Beck Weathers
(d) John Krakauer

7. Who says he is feeling lightheaded and unsure of himself, which might affect his decisions?
(a) Rob Hall
(b) John Krakauer
(c) Mike Groom
(d) Stuart Hutchison

8. 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

9. 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

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

11. 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

12. Which climbers were found ill, but alive, although no one stopped to help them?
(a) Indian
(b) Chinese
(c) South African
(d) Japanese

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

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

15. Who tells one of Fischer's Sherpas to stay behind?
(a) Lopsang
(b) Mike Groom
(c) Rob Hall
(d) JohnKrakauer

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What time did Fischer and Hall decide as turn around time, even though there is no formal announcement to the team?

3. Which climber is openly scorned and hounded by journalists?

4. In what month is Krakauer's article about the trip published in Outside?

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

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