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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Rongbuk—In the Wake of the Cultural Revolution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the British expedition returned to Everest in 1924, when did the team arrive?
(a) December.
(b) March.
(c) May.
(d) October.

2. Which member of the British expedition was the last to see the two climbers who were lost on Everest on June 8, 1924?
(a) Odell.
(b) Irvine.
(c) Nema.
(d) Mallory.

3. When Messner spied some Sherpas that he knew in the Tibet chapter, where did Messner know the Sherpas from?
(a) Ama Dablam.
(b) Chomolungma.
(c) Nangpa La.
(d) Tingri.

4. After sharing barley beer with a family in the Four Dragon Village in the Rongbuk chapter, what did Messner leave with the family as a guest gift?
(a) His pocket knife.
(b) His compass.
(c) His handkerchief.
(d) His diary.

5. How many porters lost their lives when the climbers forced to abandon their higher-elevation camps and return to their base camps because of snowfall and extreme cold in 1924?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Dalai Lama fled from Tibet, where did the Dalai Lama go?

2. How much did each portable oxygen system weigh that the British expedition's climbers carried?

3. According to tests, at what altitude could climbers survive at with the use of artificial oxygen?

4. As Nena and Messner camped for the night at the Rongbuk river just at the edge of a village while waiting for the water to go down enough to safely cross the river, what did Nena write that she felt like?

5. What did the CMA want to turn the ruins of the Rongbuk Monastery into?

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