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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Fischer say to Boukreev, in Chapter 9, Camp II?
(a) "Anatoli, you did your work magnificenly on the last excursion."
(b) "Anatoli, you did your work carelessly on the last excursion."
(c) "Anatoli, you did your work well on the last excursion."
(d) "Anatoli, you did your work poorly on the last excursion."

2. What was Karen Dickinson's job at Mountain Madness?
(a) Business manager.
(b) Equipment manager.
(c) Sponsorship director.
(d) Safety officer.

3. How many clients had signed for the Mountain Madness expedition by February, 2006?
(a) 4.
(b) 10.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

4. Fischer was often heard saying what to his team members?
(a) "It's about perseverance, not preservation."
(b) "It's attitude, not altitude."
(c) "How bad do you want it?"
(d) "Mind over matter."

5. What in flight convenience did Boukreev and Ngima have on their flight to Everest?
(a) Movies.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Peanuts.
(d) Cotton for their ears.

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

7. What was Gammelgaard's reaction to the view of Everest at the Western Cwm?
(a) She ignored the view and kept climbing.
(b) She stared in fear.
(c) She fainted.
(d) She wept.

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

9. Before flying to Syangboche, what did Boukreev do?
(a) Prepared plans for the climb.
(b) Got food poisoning.
(c) Read the guiding report.
(d) Socialized with friends.

10. Where was Rob Hall from?
(a) United States.
(b) Austria.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) England.

11. What ailed Beidleman in Chapter 7, Base Camp?
(a) Stomach pains.
(b) A persistant headache.
(c) Sprained ankle.
(d) A cough.

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

13. Where did the clients from the United States fly out of?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Houston.
(c) New York.
(d) San Francisco.

14. What was the date at the beginning of Chapter 5, The Trail to Everest?
(a) March 20.
(b) March 13.
(c) March 15.
(d) March 22.

15. What did Boukreev feel it was important to encourage?
(a) Reliance on the guides.
(b) Independent action.
(c) Following a structured and set path.
(d) Team members working together.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Boukreev assist down from Camp III because of altitude sickness?

2. What was one reoccurring theme in Fischer's interviews with Bromet?

3. What did AMS stand for?

4. What was Lopsang Jangbu in charge of?

5. What year does the book open?

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