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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII The Spur.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Herzog and his team find in Manangbhot?
(a) News of the Tilicho Pass.
(b) News from France.
(c) No supplies, and no news of Annapurna.
(d) Directions to Annapurna.

2. What did Herzog and his men decide after attempting to climb the East Glacier of Dhaulagiri?
(a) That it was too difficult.
(b) That it was a dead end.
(c) That they should not separate from the others.
(d) That it was too easy.

3. Who visited the climbers' camp?
(a) A general.
(b) A runaway child.
(c) A lama.
(d) A woman.

4. How far away from camp did Herzog collapse?
(a) Four miles.
(b) 20 yards.
(c) Two miles.
(d) 200 yards.

5. Where do Terray and Schatz camp on May 19?
(a) In the snow.
(b) On a ledge that they had made.
(c) In an advance camp that they had set up.
(d) At the campsite.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stayed with Herzog on May 20?

2. What type of work did people in Tukucha primarily do?

3. Which of the following blocked the ridge to the peak of Dhaulagiri?

4. What did Herzog and his team do during their first days in Tukucha?

5. What did Terray and Lachenal tell Herzog?

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