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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who owned the hotel in Syangpoche that the climbing team stayed in after leaving the Sherpa hut in the beginning of the book?
(a) The Nepalese.
(b) The Chinese.
(c) The Japanese.
(d) The Swiss.

2. When Messner was questioned by the tourists at the hotel in the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter, what did Messner say was a constant companion while climbing a mountain?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Danger.
(c) Courage.
(d) Fear.

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

4. 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?
(a) Courage and grit.
(b) Honesty and determination.
(c) Grit and determination.
(d) Courage and determination.

5. How many of the expedition's porters were killed in the avalanche that occurred during the third attempt to reach Everest's summit?
(a) One.
(b) Seven.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

6. What does dzong mean in Tibetan?
(a) Cave.
(b) Fort.
(c) Avalanche.
(d) Monsoon.

7. What was the name of the second person to try to scale Everest alone?
(a) Maurice Wilson.
(b) George Mallory.
(c) Edmund Hillary.
(d) Earl Denman.

8. 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) Five.
(d) Three.

9. In what year did Messner first ascend Everest?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1975.

10. When the climbing team woke up in the Sherpa hut at the beginning of Messner's book, how long did they have to reach Syangpoche?
(a) Three hours.
(b) Four hours.
(c) Two hours.
(d) One hour.

11. In the Kanchung chapter as Messner and Bulle returned to Europe, how did Messner characterize the way Bulle was feeling?
(a) Hopeful.
(b) Helpful.
(c) Hopeless.
(d) Helpless.

12. On the second British expedition's assent of Everest, which team member was nauseous and did not continue on past 7,600 meters with the rest of the team?
(a) Norton.
(b) Somervell.
(c) Morshead.
(d) Mallory.

13. When the CMA granted Messner a permit in the Kanchung chapter, approximately how much did Messner believe the expedition would cost?
(a) $40,000.
(b) $80,000.
(c) $60,000.
(d) $20,000.

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

15. How many illegal attempts to climb Mount Everest solo were undertaken between 1921 and 1949?
(a) Seven.
(b) Two.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the CMA?

2. What does Ganpei mean?

3. Who was one of the first people that Messner told about his newly acquired permit from the CMA in the Kanchung chapter?

4. According to Messner, what was the single most important source of foreign currency to Nepal?

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

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