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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 on the summit ridge and needs help as per his radio call?
(a) Mike Groom
(b) Doug Hansen
(c) Scott Fischer
(d) Rob Hall

2. What does the team Krakauer saw in his camera lens come back to Camp Four to report?
(a) Illness throughout their team
(b) They lost 2 men on the team
(c) They reached the summit
(d) Bad weather prevented them from reaching the top

3. Where did the team wait until the lines were put into place?
(a) Balcony
(b) Camp Three
(c) South Col
(d) Icefall

4. The Japanese team was quoted as saying, "Above 8,000 meters is not a place where people can afford ________."
(a) To help
(b) Pity
(c) Morality
(d) Hesitation

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 removes his mask and does not use it as they begin their descent?

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

3. Which team climber falls to the ground when he reaches the summit?

4. Who assembles Fischer's team in order to continue their descent?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Pittman fall to the ground as they are approaching the summit?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Krakauer observe about Beidleman?

10. What does Hutchison tell Krakauer which surprises him?

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