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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through South Col: 7:30 a.m., May 11, 1996 - 26,000 Feet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "One must have drive, but too much drive will get _____________"
(a) One killed
(b) One lost
(c) One to the top
(d) One sick

2. Who wakes Krakauer and tells him that Harris is not in his tent, shocking Krakauer?
(a) Scott Fischer
(b) Rob Hall
(c) Stuart Hutchison
(d) Doug Hansen

3. Who discovers the bodies of the team mentioned in #151 the next day?
(a) Fischer
(b) Krakauer
(c) Japanese team
(d) Hall

4. Krakauer believes climbing Everest is not about the adrenaline rush, but it is 'more about ___________."
(a) Surviving
(b) Enduring pain
(c) Making it
(d) Loving struggles

5. From whom does Rob Hall attract criticism?
(a) Sir Edmund Hillary
(b) Dalai Lama
(c) Scott Fischer
(d) Greg Ball

Short Answer Questions

1. Harris and his wife helped run a clinic at __________ which is on the way to Base Camp.

2. Who, besides Harris, is said to be missing at this point of the story?

3. Who sneaks into Tibet and makes it up to 21,000 feet where he finds a cache of supplies, but dies anyway?

4. Who is the only other member of Hall's team, besides Krakauer, that is still able to climb?

5. Who is critical of the treatment of the Sherpa by Fischer's medical team?

(see the answer key)

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