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

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

3. Who is concerned that neither Fischer nor any of his other clients have reached the top at this point?
(a) Doug Hansen
(b) Neil Beidleman
(c) Mike Groom
(d) John Krakauer

4. Who says he is feeling lightheaded and unsure of himself, which might affect his decisions?
(a) Mike Groom
(b) John Krakauer
(c) Stuart Hutchison
(d) Rob Hall

5. Who gives the injured person in #137 his spare canister of oxygen?
(a) John Krakauer
(b) Neil Beidleman
(c) Lopsang
(d) Anatoli Bourkeev

Short Answer Questions

1. What is obscuring the actual peak for the team climbing in #151, making it look much closer than it actually is?

2. Whose directions does Krakauer decide to follow in his search for missing climbers?

3. Who discovers the bodies of the team mentioned in #151 the next day?

4. In what month is Krakauer's article about the trip published in Outside?

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. What does Krakauer observe about Beidleman?

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

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