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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. How much did each portable oxygen system weigh that the British expedition's climbers carried?
(a) Ten kilos.
(b) Seven kilos.
(c) Twelve kilos.
(d) Fifteen kilos.

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

3. What technical aid did Messner consent to use during his climbs?
(a) Helicopter.
(b) Ice axe.
(c) Oxygen gear.
(d) Expansion bolts.

4. When Messner and Nena left Lhasa in the Tibet chapter, where did they travel to?
(a) Dzong.
(b) Shigaste.
(c) Lhunpo.
(d) Peking.

5. What was the Potala that Messner spied sitting on the Marpori in the Tibet chapter?i
(a) A home.
(b) A fortress.
(c) A palace.
(d) A castle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the Tibetan who helped the first person who wanted to scale Everest alone enter Tibet illegally?

2. How many years of experience did the man who led the second British expedition to Mount Everest have?

3. Halfway through Messner's lecture tour in the Kanchung chapter, who slipped the "Peking Review" into Messner's hand?

4. Upon his return to Germany in the Kanchung chapter, how long was Messner detained in Frankfurt's passport control?

5. When an airplane instructor was teaching Wilson to fly, he knew that Wilson would never make a good pilot. What two qualities did Wilson possess according to his teacher?

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