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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before the Everest climb, what worried Boukreev?
(a) What he would do after the Everest climb.
(b) The oxygen issue.
(c) The intentions of his boss.
(d) The late snow melt.

2. What piece of equipment was of concern to Boukreev?
(a) Altimeters.
(b) Compasses.
(c) Radios.
(d) Ropes.

3. How many of Mountain Madeness clients were women?
(a) 2.
(b) 0.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

4. What did Fischer ask Boukreev to do more of?
(a) Help the clients.
(b) Climb higher and set more ropes.
(c) Prepare meals.
(d) Satellite radio interviews with NBC.

5. Before the planned Everest climb, what high Himalayan peak had Boukreev already committed to help guide a team to climb?
(a) Syangboche.
(b) Pumori.
(c) Manaslu.
(d) Lukla.

6. Whom was Boukreev concerned about, in Chapter 8, Khumbu to Cam II?
(a) Dale and Pete.
(b) Charlotte and Sandy.
(c) Sandy and Lene.
(d) None. He was confident in all of the climbers.

7. What was the name of Fischer's company?
(a) Extreme Sports.
(b) Mountain Madness.
(c) Adventure Consultants.
(d) Himalyan Guides.

8. What did AMS stand for?
(a) Aim More Severe.
(b) Acute Mountain Sickness.
(c) Altitude Mountain Sickness.
(d) All Morning Silence.

9. What outdoor sport did Klev participate in?
(a) Downhill skiing.
(b) Triathalons.
(c) Halfpipe snowboarding.
(d) Biatholon.

10. What was the minimum amount of time required to cross the crevices, in Chapter 8, Khumbu to Camp II?
(a) 6 hours.
(b) 4 hours.
(c) 3 hours.
(d) 5 hours.

11. Where did Fischer go after securing Gammelgaard?
(a) Austrilia.
(b) America.
(c) Africa.
(d) Mt. Everest.

12. Why did Boukreev go to Russia?
(a) To organize sponsorship for the climb.
(b) To negotiate funding of the trip.
(c) To procure additional ropes.
(d) To secure the oxygen deal.

13. At base camp, how did Adventure Consultants mark their territory?
(a) They made a circle of tents.
(b) They used New Zealand flags to make a border.
(c) They painted NZ on rocks.
(d) They put up caution tape around their tents.

14. What did the climbers do during their mandatory rest period at Camp II?
(a) Exercised regularly.
(b) Wrote letters to loved ones at home.
(c) Read books and watched movies.
(d) Played cards.

15. What did Boukreev come across in Chapter 9, Camp II?
(a) A package of cigarettes.
(b) A tank of oxygen.
(c) A dead body.
(d) A yak carcass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Boukreev's destination at the beginning of Chapter 5, The Trail to Everest?

2. What type of ladder was used across the crevasses?

3. What caused problems at the beginning of Chapter 5, The Trail to Everest?

4. With whom did Henry Todd have an agreement for oxygen?

5. Fischer was often heard saying what to his team members?

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