Into Thin Air Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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Into Thin Air Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 112 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Phakding: March 31, 1996 - 9,186 Feet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the cruising altitude of the plane that makes Krakauer realize how absurd it seems to climb that distance as it is so close to Everest's summit measurement?
(a) 50,000 feet
(b) 30,000 feet
(c) 20,000 feet
(d) 35,000 feet

2. Who does Krakauer ask to turn down his oxygen tank because he wants to conserve his oxygen as he waits for other climbers?
(a) Rob Hall
(b) Scott Fischer
(c) David Brashears
(d) Andy Harris

3. Who is the inexperienced climber that made it to the top of Everest with a guide?
(a) Dick Bass
(b) Doug Hansen
(c) Richard Mills
(d) Robert Menis

4. Who was Hall's first partner when he began his climbing operation?
(a) Scott Fischer
(b) Andy Harris
(c) Greg Ball
(d) Doug Hansen

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How might the conditions at Lobuje be described?

2. Who is the leader of Krakauer's group with which he is climbing in order to write a story for Outside Magazine?

3. What is on the trail that slows down the hikers as they move along the glacier?

4. Who meets Krakauer at the airport when he lands in India for his climbing journey?

5. What is the name of Rob Hall's climbing organization that leads climbers up to the summit of Mount Everest?

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