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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused Boulaz, Attinger, Vaucher, and Darbellay to turn back?
(a) Attinger was il.
(b) Bad weather.
(c) A lost pack of equipment and supplies.
(d) Boulaz was injured.

2. When did Helmut Salger and Horst Wels climb the North Face?
(a) July, 1963.
(b) August, 1963.
(c) September, 1963.
(d) June, 1963.

3. What makes the Silver Trench silver?
(a) A vein of silver in the mountain.
(b) Glittering light on a rushing stream.
(c) Light gleaming off the ice.
(d) Glassy gray rocks rising up through the snow.

4. Whose climb up the North Face was reclassified as a success between the original publication of the book and the addition of the appended section?
(a) Gonda and Wyss.
(b) Etter and Henkel.
(c) Vaucher and Attinger.
(d) Corti and Longhi.

5. What day did Sefano Longhi and Claudio Corti begin to climb the North Face?
(a) July 3, 1957.
(b) July 23, 1957.
(c) July 13, 1957.
(d) August 3, 1957.

Short Answer Questions

1. Was the filmed climb of Lothar Brandler, Jörg Lehne, and Sigfried Löw up the North Face successful?

2. Where were Nothdurft and Mayer's bodies finally found?

3. What nationality were Helmuth Drachsler and Walter Gstrein?

4. How many climbers were on the North Face between August 19 and August 23 of 1962?

5. Where did Erich Vanis, Hans Ratay, and Karl Lugmayer bivouac their first night on the mountain in 1952?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were Kurt Diemberger and Wolfgang Stephan criticized, and how does Harrer answer that criticism?

2. What happened when Derungs and Albrecht threw their extra equipment over the edge of the mountain after their last bivouac?

3. What information does Harrer offer in the later appended chapters about his treatment of Corti's story and the facts about Nothdurft's death?

4. At the end of the chapter "The International Rescue Team," what does Harrer suggest might happen in the future regarding Nothdurft and Mayer?

5. After bivouacking above the Spider, how did Helmuth Drachsler and Walter Gstrein reach the summit?

6. Describe what was done to lower Alfred Hellepart down the mountain in a rescue attempt.

7. Why does Harrer call the climb by Radovan KuchaÅ™ and Zdeno Zibrin cautious?

8. Describe the attempt to climb the North Face by Brian Nally and Barry Brewster in 1962.

9. What happened in the attempts to climb the North Face in 1953?

10. What were Nothdurft and Mayers' families reactions to the tragedy?

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