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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. According to the book's opening quote, who could not allow Mount Everest to remain untouched?
(a) Men with any courage for challenges.
(b) Men with any sense of adventure.
(c) Men with any zest for mountaineering.
(d) Men with something to prove.

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

3. Halfway through Messner's lecture tour in the Kanchung chapter, who slipped the "Peking Review" into Messner's hand?
(a) Jurgen Lehmann.
(b) Shisha Pangma.
(c) Sepia Tian-Chi.
(d) Joachim Hoelzgen.

4. In the Kanchung chapter, how many lectures was Messner scheduled to give during his European lecture tour?
(a) Fifty-two.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Forty.

5. As Messner and Nena gathered provisions in Peking in the Tibet chapter, they had an interpreter with them. What was the interpreter's name?
(a) Tsao.
(b) Zhang.
(c) Cheng.
(d) Tian.

Short Answer Questions

1. As alluded to in the North Col chapter, at what altitude did Messner and Nena plan to set up their midway camp?

2. How many of the expedition's porters were killed in the avalanche that occurred during the third attempt to reach Everest's summit?

3. When Messner spied some Sherpas that he knew in the Tibet chapter, where did Messner know the Sherpas from?

4. How did Messner feel when he and Nena were in the ruins of the Rongbuk monastery in the Tibet chapter?

5. How many days did Messner believe he needed in order to reach the summit from the advanced base camp?

(see the answer key)

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