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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. Which team on the mountain is sponsored by a newspaper?
(a) Scott Fischer's
(b) South African
(c) Rob Hall's
(d) German

2. Which of the guides have already become ill as a result of the conditions at Lobuje?
(a) Rob Hall
(b) Andy Harris
(c) Mike Groom
(d) Scott Fischer

3. What was the nationality of the two climbers who are thought to have reached the summit first, although they never returned to camp?
(a) French
(b) German
(c) British
(d) Indian

4. Who is the quiet Australian that is the third guide in Rob Hall's group that is climbing to the summit?
(a) David Brashears
(b) Matthew Good
(c) Jeremy Stillwater
(d) Mike Groom

5. Hall only makes his climbers hike a few miles a day because of the _______________.
(a) Bad weather
(b) Rough terrain
(c) Heat
(d) Thin air

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose directions does Krakauer decide to follow in his search for missing climbers?

2. Who is the inexperienced climber that made it to the top of Everest with a guide?

3. What kind of attitude does Fischer have towards mountain climbing?

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

5. Whose flag had Krakauer brought with him to pose with at the summit, although he leaves it in his bag?

(see the answer key)

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