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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. Who looked to be the strongest, but is worn out by the quick pace at the start?
(a) Doug Hansen
(b) Frank Fischbeck
(c) Stuart Hutchison
(d) John Taske

2. Who is the quiet Australian that is the third guide in Rob Hall's group that is climbing to the summit?
(a) Mike Groom
(b) David Brashears
(c) Jeremy Stillwater
(d) Matthew Good

3. Who decides to dress lightly, thinking the sun will warm him up, but instead finds out the wind makes him very cold?
(a) Andy Harris
(b) John Krakauer
(c) John Taske
(d) Doug Hansen

4. How many times has Fischer climbed Mount Everest?
(a) 1
(b) 5
(c) 3
(d) 4

5. In what year did the Mount Everest tragedy as described in the book take place among the climbers in Rob Hall's and Scott Fischer's teams?
(a) 1996
(b) 1995
(c) 1997
(d) 1994

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the overachieving doctor, one who is actually hooked on climbing for its real challenges?

2. Who is Krakauer's tent mate at Camp Two?

3. What kind of attitude does Fischer have towards mountain climbing?

4. Who meets Krakauer at the airport when he lands in India for his climbing journey?

5. What was the nationality of the two climbers who are thought to have reached the summit first, although they never returned to camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the climbers have to return to Camp Two as they are making their way up to Camp Three?

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

3. How experienced are the climbers in Hall's group?

4. Describe the Icefall.

5. What is different about this climbing experience from other climbing experiences Krakauer has had?

6. What does Krakauer realize about his breathing when they reach Base Camp again before starting their second acclimatization climb?

7. After whom was Mount Everest named after?

8. What alarms Krakauer as he begins to make his own descent from the summit?

9. What is HACE?

10. Who does Krakauer idolize from his own town, as related to his own hiking love?

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