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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 were the ages of Ngima and Lopsang?
(a) 35 and 18.
(b) 30 and 25.
(c) 40 and 32.
(d) 26 and 23.

2. What year does the book open?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1996.

3. Who was Bourkreev originally going to work with?
(a) Hall.
(b) Krakeur.
(c) Fischer.
(d) Todd.

4. Who did Ed Viesturs and David Breashears work for?
(a) Mountain Madness.
(b) Outside Magazine.
(c) Himalayan Guides.
(d) An IMAX film crew.

5. What did the clients become obsessed with at Base Camp?
(a) Their bodily functions.
(b) Altitude sickness.
(c) Their gear.
(d) The weather.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Karen Dickinson owe Mountain Madness?

2. How was base camp alerted to the problem with Ngawang Topche Sherpa?

3. What did the climbers lack to be able to ascend the fixed ropes of the Lhotse Face?

4. What caused problems on the trek to base camp?

5. How did Fischer describe Boukreev?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Henry Todd think about Kruse being on the Mountain Madness team?

2. What was Boukreev's initial reaction to meeting his climbers?

3. How did Boukreev justify not helping the clients set up at Camp II?

4. What caused delays in getting equipment to base camp?

5. Who was Sandy Hill Pittman?

6. What happened in Chapter 11, Towards the Push, to Dale Kruse?

7. What was Beidleman's response to Boukreev's confusion of their role as guides?

8. Who were the guides Fischer hired to lead his expedition?

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

10. In the months before the Everest climb, which mountains did Boukreev and Fischer each climb?

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