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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. Why did Karl Blach take Huber's place?
(a) Huber twisted his ankle.
(b) Huber was injured in an avalanche.
(c) Huber was feeling ill.
(d) Huber was injured by a rock.

2. What did Derungs and Albrecht use instead of a bivouac bag on their ascent up the North Face?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A tablecloth.
(c) A wool blanket.
(d) An overcoat.

3. What did Corti say happened to Günther Nothdurft and Franz Mayer as they started out to climb the North Face?
(a) Mayer twisted his ankle.
(b) Mayer began to get ill.
(c) They had an argument and could not get along.
(d) They lost their equipment.

4. What cliff on the North Face did Karl Reiss attempt to climb?
(a) A cliff from the First Ice Field to the Second Ice Field.
(b) A cliff from the Second Ice Field to the Third Ice Field.
(c) A cliff from the Third Ice Field to the Spider.
(d) A cliff from the Spider to the summit.

5. What did the friend Nothdurft and Mayer visited before leaving think of Nothdurft's behavior on the mountain?
(a) Nothdurft's behavior seemed explicable, considering what Nothdurft told the friend before leaving.
(b) Nothdurft's behavior seemed normal.
(c) Nothdurft's behavior seemed inexplicable.
(d) Nothdurft's behavior seemed only slightly out of character.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the Silver Trench silver?

2. How many women were in the team who attempted to climb the North Face in July, 1962?

3. In 1957, what traces of Nothdurft and Mayer did search parties find?

4. How many climbers successfully climbed the North Face in 1962?

5. What profession were Adolf Derungs and Lukas Albrecht, who made the 16th successful ascent up the North Face?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Mayr's climb seem to slow?

2. Why does Harrer include a route guide at the end of the book?

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

4. Describe the climb of the first women to attempt the North Face.

5. How were Albert Rabada and Ernesto Navarra's bodies recovered?

6. What is Harrer's opinion about Corti's story that the two other climbers went on to send back help, leaving Corti behind after he was injured?

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

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

9. What made the Difficult Crack and the Hinterstoisser Traverse easier to climb for Mayr than for early climbers?

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

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