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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. While at the summit, Krakauer takes photos of ___________ and Andy Harris.
(a) Scott Fischer
(b) Anatoli Bourkeev
(c) Michael Biedleman
(d) Rob Hall

2. What is the answer to #93's other main role for Fischer's group?
(a) Base Camp Manager
(b) Guide
(c) End Climber
(d) Rope Expert

3. Sherpas that have reached the summit are highly _________ in the community in which they live.
(a) Paid
(b) Feared
(c) Respected
(d) Mocked

4. What quality is Krakauer impressed with as the answer to #110 comes down the mountain?
(a) His strength
(b) His discipline
(c) His speed
(d) His determination

5. Fischer is from _________.
(a) Spokane
(b) Boston
(c) Portland
(d) Seattle

Short Answer Questions

1. Hall says, "I think it's pretty unlikely that we'll get through this season without something ______ happening up high."

2. Doug Hansen and __________ are being led up to the summit by Rob Hall as Krakauer begins his descent.

3. In what is Base Camp located?

4. What is Harris' wife's occupation?

5. What is the cruising altitude of the plane that makes Krakauer realize how absurd it seems to climb that distance as it is so close to Everest's summit measurement?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the climbers eager to leave Lobuje?

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

3. How is Krakauer feeling when he arrives at Camp Two?

4. Why does Doug Hansen stay behind while the rest of the climbers head up to Camp Three?

5. Describe the Icefall.

6. Why does Hall only have his group walk a few hours a day?

7. What does Krakauer notice in the snow as they are climbing up to Camp Two?

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

9. How is the influence of Western culture seen in the village of Namche?

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

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