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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) Tsao.
(c) Jul.
(d) Lhunpo.

2. According to tests, at what altitude could climbers survive at with the use of artificial oxygen?
(a) 8,000 meters.
(b) 7,500 meters.
(c) 9,100 meters.
(d) 9,600 meters.

3. In the third attempt to reach Everest's summit, which two members of the British expedition were buried in an avalanche?
(a) Mallory and Morshead.
(b) Bruce and Morshead.
(c) Bruce and Finch.
(d) Mallory and Somervell.

4. How many British attempts to ascend Mount Everest were undertaken between 1921 and 1949?
(a) Ten.
(b) Seven.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

5. 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?
(a) Portugal.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Dalai Lama flee from Tibet?

2. In what year was the second solo attempt on Everest undertaken?

3. 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?

4. When Nena and Messner built their main camp after leaving the Rongbuk monastery in the Tibet chapter, at what altitude were they?

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

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