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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, besides Harris, is said to be missing at this point of the story?
(a) Namba
(b) Beck Weathers
(c) Scott Fischer
(d) Rob Hall

2. Who is not wearing his goggles, although he is quickly reminded to do so?
(a) Stuart Hutchison
(b) John Krakauer
(c) Mike Groom
(d) Neil Beidleman

3. Who is severely injured in a bus accident while in his native country?
(a) Stuart Hutchison
(b) Anatoli Bourkeev
(c) Lopsang
(d) Mike Groom

4. "One must have drive, but too much drive will get _____________"
(a) One to the top
(b) One killed
(c) One sick
(d) One lost

5. What is Krakauer handed when he arrives in Base Camp, causing him to sit down and realize just what he has been through?
(a) Computer
(b) Towel
(c) Phone
(d) Beer

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which team does Krakauer think he sees through his camera lens as he looks up at the summit?

3. Whose family does Krakauer meet at the airport, returning his gear to them?

4. Who was supposed to have set up lines along the pathway up to the summit?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Krakauer and other climbers from Hall's group when they fly back to Katmandu?

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

4. What does Krakauer tell Hutchison to do?

5. What items was Krakauer going to take out of his pack when he got to the summit, although he decides not to once he is there?

6. What does Fischer do with his oxygen tank when he begins to make his descent from the summit?

7. What are the physical effects of Weathers' miraculous rescue and recovery from Everest?

8. What do the Japanese climbers do when they find the bodies of the Indian climbers?

9. Which route did the Indian team take in order to reach the summit?

10. What is the eventual fate of Anatoli Bourkeev?

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