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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Krakauer says deepens when he hears that an inexperienced climber makes it to the top of Everest?
(a) Desire
(b) Pride
(c) Snobbery
(d) Willingness

2. Who is described as being from New Zealand, having a full beard, and being gregarious and funny?
(a) Doug Hansen
(b) Anatoli Bourkeev
(c) Rob Hall
(d) Andy Harris

3. What does Krakauer notice in the sky after taking pictures? This is something that he had not noticed before.
(a) Sunset
(b) Lightning
(c) Rain patterns
(d) Cloud formation

4. Who is the doctor for Fischer's group?
(a) Helen Wilton
(b) Ingrid Hunt
(c) Doug Hansen
(d) Caroline Mackenzie

5. Who was Hall's first partner when he began his climbing operation?
(a) Andy Harris
(b) Scott Fischer
(c) Greg Ball
(d) Doug Hansen

Short Answer Questions

1. Harris and __________ are leading the group on the way to Camp Two.

2. While at the summit, Krakauer takes photos of ___________ and Andy Harris.

3. What are the jobs Krakauer takes up in order to finance his climbing hobby?

4. Who is critical of the treatment of the Sherpa by Fischer's medical team?

5. Krakauer considers himself to be _____ to think he has what it takes to climb Everest.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sir Edmund Hillary criticize Rob Hall and similar Everest guides?

2. Describe the character of Mike Groom.

3. Which two people are in the picture Krakauer takes when he gets to the summit?

4. What happened to turn Base Camp into the tidy place it is in the 1990's?

5. Describe Andy Harris and what Krakauer learns about him as they hike.

6. When Krakauer looks out his airplane window, what does he find so absurd?

7. What did Rob Hall and his climbing partner, Gary Ball, achieve as climbers together?

8. What is HACE?

9. What has Goran Kropp been doing on Mount Everest?

10. Why are the climbers eager to leave Lobuje?

(see the answer keys)

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