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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the last to leave Camp IV in Chapter 13, Into the Death Zone?

2. What was the weather like on May 7th?

3. How many total hours of oxygen did the Mountain Madness climbers have?

4. Who led the lost group in the direction of Camp IV?

5. What was happened to Ngawang Topche Sherpa?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the climbers that didn't return from the expedition?

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

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

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

5. Describe Boukreev's return to Everest the following year.

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

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

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

9. What were Krakauer's criticisms of Boukreev?

10. Who was in the group on the South Col?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Jon Krakauer, and what does he allege about the May,1996, climbing of Everest?

Essay Topic 2

Boukreev points out repeatedly, the concerns he had about the climbers. What were his concerns? Why did he repeatedly assert these concerns throughout the book?

Essay Topic 3

What role did oxygen play in the climbing of Everest? Describe the use of oxygen by the Mountain Madness team, from the acquisition of oxygen to the use of the canisters while climbing the summit.

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