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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 asks Krakauer to clear the ice from his oxygen equipment in order to make sure it's functioning?
(a) Rob Hall
(b) Doug Hansen
(c) Beck Weathers
(d) Andy Harris

2. Who blames himself for bringing bad luck to Fischer?
(a) Lopsang
(b) Rob Hall
(c) Mike Groom
(d) Ang Dorje

3. Who is the one person Krakauer is not able to interview for the article he wrote for the magazine?
(a) Martin Adams
(b) Beck Weathers
(c) Gau
(d) David Brashears

4. What expedition also has just reached the top at about 4:00 P.M.?
(a) Indian
(b) American
(c) South African
(d) Chinese

5. From what side has the team in #151 ascended Everest?
(a) Indian Ocean
(b) Tibetan
(c) Nepal
(d) Asian

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Krakauer want to avoid by moving quickly up the face on the one rope?

2. Who tells one of Fischer's Sherpas to stay behind?

3. Who radios in that he is very tired when he is at the summit, then complains about how he doesn't feel well?

4. Whose flag had Krakauer brought with him to pose with at the summit, although he leaves it in his bag?

5. Whose advice does Krakauer seek out as he deals with the horrors of the aftermath of the tragedy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What risks go up as the oxygen in Krakauer's tank begins to decrease?

2. What does Gau do in violation of his promise?

3. What does David Brashears note about the team Beidleman has taken into Camp Three?

4. Why does Krakauer move quickly on his way up to Camp Three?

5. What does Brashears radio into camp as many of the climbers are at Camp Two?

6. What does Krakauer observe about Beidleman?

7. What does Krakauer realize about the hiker he thought to be Harris?

8. Why does Mike Groom give Krakauer his tank of oxygen?

9. What does Hutchison tell Krakauer which surprises him?

10. What has happened to Weathers, according to Hutchison's discovery?

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