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

2. Who does Krakauer ask to turn down his oxygen tank because he wants to conserve his oxygen as he waits for other climbers?
(a) Rob Hall
(b) Andy Harris
(c) Scott Fischer
(d) David Brashears

3. Who is the overachieving doctor, one who is actually hooked on climbing for its real challenges?
(a) Andy Harris
(b) John Taske
(c) Doug Hansen
(d) Beck Weathers

4. What does Krakauer notice about the Sherpas' culture when they arrive in Namche?
(a) How old they are
(b) American clothing and movies
(c) How disrespectful they are
(d) How many there are

5. What is the only treatment for the illness mentioned in #91?
(a) Bedrest
(b) Surgery
(c) Dangerous medications
(d) Decend to lower altitude

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Krakauer develop as he is descending Icefall?

2. What role is Krakauer becoming less comfortable in, as the climbers in his group have not been told of the actual reason for his presence?

3. Hall says it's actually easy to get up the mountain, "The trick is get down _________."

4. Who sneaks into Tibet and makes it up to 21,000 feet where he finds a cache of supplies, but dies anyway?

5. What is Krakauer impatient about as he runs out of oxygen?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do Krakauer and Hansen have troubles getting out of their sleeping bags in the morning?

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

4. Describe the character of Mike Groom.

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

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

7. What does Krakauer help Ang Dorje with when they are back at Camp One?

8. What is Krakauer alarmed to see other climbers doing as they prepare their equipment for their first acclimatization climb?

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

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

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