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

2. Who nearly collapses at the top of the Hillary Step when climbing on Mount Everest?
(a) Scott Fischer
(b) No one
(c) Doug Hansen
(d) Rob Hall

3. Who is NOT one of the climbers that decides to turn back when they realize they will reach the summit later than they should?
(a) John Taske
(b) Stuart Hutchison
(c) Lou Kasischke
(d) Doug Hansen

4. Which climber is found to be still breathing, but very near death. much to the surprise of everyone?
(a) Namba
(b) Rob Hall
(c) Andy Harris
(d) Scott Fischer

5. Who was killed in an avalanche on Everest the next year?
(a) Ang Dorje
(b) Lopsang
(c) Mike Groom
(d) Anatoli Bourkeev

Short Answer Questions

1. "One must have drive, but too much drive will get _____________"

2. Who admits he perhaps did not always speak up to the other guides when he should have?

3. Who is waiting for Fischer when he reaches the Everest summit because he feels indebted to him?

4. What time did Fischer and Hall decide as turn around time, even though there is no formal announcement to the team?

5. Who said he just kept moving and didn't look back when he saw Namba couldn't stay upright in order to get back to camp?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. When Hall doesn't tell his group when they will be turning back when they reach the summit, what does Krakauer interpret this to mean?

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

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

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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