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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 goes with the climbers mentioned in #170?
(a) John Krakauer
(b) John Taske
(c) Mike Groom
(d) Rob Hall
2. Who was told via a phone at Base Camp and Hutchison's message that Harris had made it down safely into Camp?
(a) Helen Wilton
(b) Scott Fischer
(c) Harris' wife
(d) Rob Hall
3. What is obscuring the actual peak for the team climbing in #151, making it look much closer than it actually is?
(a) Shadows
(b) Snowfall
(c) A ridge
(d) Heavy clouds
4. In what month is Krakauer's article about the trip published in Outside?
(a) July
(b) August
(c) October
(d) September
5. From what side has the team in #151 ascended Everest?
(a) Nepal
(b) Tibetan
(c) Asian
(d) Indian Ocean
Short Answer Questions
1. Who says he is feeling lightheaded and unsure of himself, which might affect his decisions?
2. Who removes his mask and does not use it as they begin their descent?
3. What does Hutchison ask Krakauer to check because it does not feel right?
4. Krakauer makes his way to the top of __________ where he must wait for descending climbers to pass.
5. Whose directions does Krakauer decide to follow in his search for missing climbers?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the eventual fate of Anatoli Bourkeev?
2. 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?
3. 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?
4. What does Groom say about the tanks of oxygen at the South Summit, even though Harris was mistaken about this fact?
5. What does Gau do in violation of his promise?
6. What has happened to Weathers, according to Hutchison's discovery?
7. What does Brashears radio into camp as many of the climbers are at Camp Two?
8. What does Fischer do with his oxygen tank when he begins to make his descent from the summit?
9. What are the physical effects of Weathers' miraculous rescue and recovery from Everest?
10. What risks go up as the oxygen in Krakauer's tank begins to decrease?
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