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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summit: 1:25 p.m., May 10, 1996 - 29,028 Feet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only treatment for the illness mentioned in #91?
(a) Bedrest
(b) Dangerous medications
(c) Surgery
(d) Decend to lower altitude

2. Who were the first known climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest?
(a) Hillary and Tenzing
(b) Fischer and Tenzing
(c) Tenzing and Waugh
(d) Hillary and Hall

3. Who is the retired colonel who enjoys climbing because it gives him a mission in his new civilian life?
(a) John Taske
(b) Doug Hansen
(c) Andy Harris
(d) Beck Weathers

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

5. Who is suspected to have frostbite and a frozen larynx?
(a) John Krakauer
(b) Andy Harris
(c) Doug Hansen
(d) Rob Hall

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Krakauer's tent mate at Camp Two?

2. What is Harris' wife's occupation?

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

4. Who is the quiet Australian that is the third guide in Rob Hall's group that is climbing to the summit?

5. In 1852, who takes a complete survey of India in order to find out more about this land that is their colony now?

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