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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. Scott Fischer and who else are the last climbers to come up Hillary Step?
(a) Doug Hansen
(b) Andy Harris
(c) John Krakauer
(d) Beck Weathers

2. What does Lopsang give to Fischer to help him feel better?
(a) Tea
(b) Injection
(c) Water
(d) Medicine

3. Who is assisting Pittman, causing him to fall behind and not be the leader as he was meant to be?
(a) Mike Groom
(b) Rob Hall
(c) Lopsang
(d) Scott Fischer

4. Who finally goes on to attach the lines that are necessary to allow the climbers up the mountain?
(a) Neil Beidleman
(b) Rob Hall
(c) Andy Harris
(d) Beck Weathers

5. Where does the bottleneck of climbers form as the team descends Mount Everest?
(a) Yellow Band
(b) Icefall
(c) Geneva Spur
(d) Hillary Step

Short Answer Questions

1. From what side has the team in #151 ascended Everest?

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

3. Who is on the summit ridge and needs help as per his radio call?

4. How many people are left of the original 11 team members on Hall's team?

5. Who wakes Krakauer and tells him that Harris is not in his tent, shocking Krakauer?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Groom say about the tanks of oxygen at the South Summit, even though Harris was mistaken about this fact?

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

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

5. What does Hutchison tell Krakauer which surprises him?

6. What does Krakauer notice about the air in Seattle?

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

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

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

10. 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?

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