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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 did Adams advise Hunt to get from Fischer?
(a) A release of liability.
(b) A raise because of the danger of the trip.
(c) Additional oxygen supplies.
(d) Any available antibiotics.

2. How did Beidleman describe the group of people in trouble in Chapter 18, Walk or Crawl?
(a) A "traffic jam."
(b) A "pile of spaghetti."
(c) A "dogpile."
(d) A "haystack."

3. Besides Boukreev, who else was alone in a tent, at the end of Chapter 17, Snowblind?
(a) Beck Weathers.
(b) Andy Harris.
(c) Lou Kasichke.
(d) Doug Hansen.

4. How many total hours of oxygen did the Mountain Madness climbers have?
(a) 16.
(b) 18.
(c) 21.
(d) 12.

5. What important decision did Lou Kasischke make?
(a) To push on towards the Summit at a more rapid pace.
(b) To pack an extra oxygen canister.
(c) To turn on his radio.
(d) To turn around and head down the mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality was the team Boukreev agreed to consult for in the spring of 1997?

2. What item of Andy Harris's was found on the mountain?

3. At what time did Madsen, Fox, Gamelgaard, and Pittman make it to the summit?

4. What did Boukreev give Neal so he could fix ropes?

5. Who provided evidence against Boukreev about the fixed ropes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Besides Boukreev, who else reached Camp IV after the summit, and what did Boukreev do?

2. What were the group's actions lost on the South Col?

3. What was a turnaround time, and how was it used by Hall's and Fischer's teams?

4. What was DeWalt's hope for commercial climbing expeditions?

5. What happened when the Mountain Madness team reached Camp IV?

6. What was the weather like, in Chapter 16, Decision and Descent?

7. What happened to Kruse in Chapter 12, The Countdown?

8. What was the controversy over fixing the ropes from Camp IV to the Summit?

9. Who were the first Mountain Madness climbers to reach the summit and at what time did they reach it?

10. In Chapter 12, The Countdown, who was Boukreev concerned about?

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