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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 21-33, Mount Everest—Fairytale and Reality.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After giving up on their original mission in Syangpoche in the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, how far of a walk did the climbing team undertake to reach their new destination?
(a) Three days.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Three hours.
(d) Two days.

2. Who had a special camera with him on expeditions in 1922 and 1924?
(a) Peter Habeler.
(b) Joseph Grange.
(c) Greg Mallory.
(d) John Noel.

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

4. According to what Messner learned from his journalist friend in the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, who received permission for a solo assent of Everest during the winter of 1980-81?
(a) Mallory.
(b) Uemura.
(c) Harrison.
(d) Hawley.

5. What was the primary occupation of Oswald Oelz?
(a) A moutaineer.
(b) A doctor.
(c) An attorney.
(d) A teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the People's Republic of China invade Tibet and end the Dalai Lama's rule?

2. What was the nickname of Oswald Oelz?

3. What does dzong mean in Tibetan?

4. What was NOT one of the crops that the Tibetan economy was based on?

5. What was the name of the hotel in Syangpoche that the climbing team was headed to after leaving the Sherpa hut in the beginning of the book?

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