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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. What season is it when the book opens?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.

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

3. What did the climbers lack to be able to ascend the fixed ropes of the Lhotse Face?
(a) Radios.
(b) Crampons.
(c) Headgear.
(d) Flashlights.

4. What was one barrier between Boukreev and his clients?
(a) The cost of the expedition.
(b) Boukreev's expectations.
(c) Boukreev's attitude.
(d) The language.

5. When Fischer arrived in Nepal, how many days away were his clients?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 3 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Bourkreev offered to work for Mountain Madness?

2. On what date did the Mountain Madness climbers reach base camp?

3. How old was Pete Schoening?

4. What did Fischer ask Boukreev to do more of?

5. What was the minimum amount of time required to cross the crevices, in Chapter 8, Khumbu to Camp II?

Short Essay Questions

1. With whom did Jon Krakauer originally sign on to climb, and why is this important?

2. Describe the relationship between Fischer and Boukreev in the planning stages of the expedition?

3. Describe the setting of the fixed ropes, in Chapter 11, Towards the Push.

4. Who was Sandy Hill Pittman?

5. Who did Neal Beidleman recruit?

6. What was the role of the Sherpas on a climbing expedition?

7. What request from Fischer surprised Boukreev, in Chapter 3, "Doing the Deals?"

8. Besides Mountain Madness, who else climbed Everest in the spring of 1996?

9. Describe Boukreev's acclimatization plan.

10. How did Boukreev get from Kathmandu to Everest base camp?

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