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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tibet—The Yak Nomads.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Tibet chapter, who did Nena send back to Shigatsa because of altitude sickness?
(a) Shezung.
(b) Jul.
(c) Tsao.
(d) Lhunpo.

2. After the uprising of March 1959, how many Tibetans fled to India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Sikkim?
(a) 25,000.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 20,000.

3. Who was the first person to ever want to scale Mount Everest alone?
(a) George Mallory.
(b) Maurice Wilson.
(c) George Bruce.
(d) Edmund Hillary.

4. Who were the first group of foreign mountaineers to undertake an expedition in Tibet after the creation of the People's Republic?
(a) The Swiss.
(b) The Japanese.
(c) The British.
(d) The Americans.

5. How did Messner feel when he and Nena were in the ruins of the Rongbuk monastery in the Tibet chapter?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Sad.
(c) Alive.
(d) Excited.

Short Answer Questions

1. For the 1975 Chinese expedition to Mount Everest, who was symbolically named the expedition leader?

2. Who led the second British expedition to Mount Everest in 1922?

3. What technical aid did Messner consent to use during his climbs?

4. In the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, Messner needed to leave Nepal because he had a lecture tour beginning. Where did Messner's European lecture tour start?

5. After giving up on their original mission in Syangpoche, where did the climbing team decide to walk to in the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter?

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