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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through North Col—Stuck in the Monsoon Snow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Messner prepareed for his solo climb in 1980 in the Kanchung chapter, for how long had Messner been divorced?
(a) Eight years.
(b) Five years.
(c) One year.
(d) Three years.

2. 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) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

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

4. When Nena and Messner built their main camp after leaving the Rongbuk monastery in the Tibet chapter, at what altitude were they?
(a) 6,100 meters.
(b) 4,700 meters.
(c) 3,500 meters.
(d) 5,100 meters.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many bivouacs above the North Col did Messner believe he would need in order to reach the summit of Mount Everest?

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

3. How high did the second British expedition reach before being forced to descend the mountain because of a growing storm?

4. How many women who were part of the 1975 Chinese expedition were able to reach heights of more than 8000 meters?

5. Why had no Tibetans ever considered climbing the gigantic summits that were all around them?

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