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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Northeast Ridge: May 10, 1996 - 28,550 Feet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who carries most of the gear for the climbers as they continue their hike up the mountain?
(a) John Krakauer
(b) Sherpas
(c) Rob Hall
(d) Doug Hansen

2. Which team does Krakauer think he sees through his camera lens as he looks up at the summit?
(a) German
(b) South African
(c) Japanese
(d) Monenegrin

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

4. Who, besides Harris, is said to be missing at this point of the story?
(a) Namba
(b) Rob Hall
(c) Beck Weathers
(d) Scott Fischer

5. Hall says, "I think it's pretty unlikely that we'll get through this season without something ______ happening up high."
(a) Miraculous
(b) Bad
(c) Disastraous
(d) Good

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Surveyor General of India that names the peak Mount Everest?

2. What does Lopsang give to Fischer to help him feel better?

3. Who is coming down the mountain after traveling from sea level to the top of Everest?

4. What did Willi Unsoeld, a man from Krakauer's hometown, do that inspired Krakauer to climb?

5. What is the name of the part on the climb where the glacier fractures into large chunks?

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