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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 name of Rob Hall's climbing organization that leads climbers up to the summit of Mount Everest?
(a) Mountain Madness
(b) Everest Evertons
(c) Mountain Explorers
(d) Adventure Consultants

2. Who does Krakauer see climbing up to the summit and who appears as looking beat?
(a) Rob Hall
(b) Scott Fischer
(c) Andy Harris
(d) Doug Hansen

3. Who gives the injured person in #137 his spare canister of oxygen?
(a) Neil Beidleman
(b) John Krakauer
(c) Lopsang
(d) Anatoli Bourkeev

4. In 1852, who takes a complete survey of India in order to find out more about this land that is their colony now?
(a) China
(b) India
(c) Australia
(d) Britain

5. What did Willi Unsoeld, a man from Krakauer's hometown, do that inspired Krakauer to climb?
(a) Climb Everest without oxygen
(b) Climb Mount Everest by the Nepal entrance
(c) Climg Mount Everest without a guide
(d) Climb Mount Everest by the West Ridge route

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the jobs Krakauer takes up in order to finance his climbing hobby?

2. What is the name of the large chunks into which the glacier breaks?

3. Who is the doctor for Fischer's group?

4. Who stays behind and doesn't climb with the group on this particular day?

5. Where is Camp Four located on Mount Everest?

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