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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 was supposed to have set up lines along the pathway up to the summit?
(a) Sherpas from each team
(b) Hall and Fischer
(c) Anatoli Bourkeev
(d) Mike Groom

2. What quality is Krakauer impressed with as the answer to #110 comes down the mountain?
(a) His discipline
(b) His speed
(c) His determination
(d) His strength

3. Who decides to dress lightly, thinking the sun will warm him up, but instead finds out the wind makes him very cold?
(a) John Krakauer
(b) John Taske
(c) Doug Hansen
(d) Andy Harris

4. Who wakes Krakauer and tells him that Harris is not in his tent, shocking Krakauer?
(a) Scott Fischer
(b) Rob Hall
(c) Doug Hansen
(d) Stuart Hutchison

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the Mount Everest tragedy as described in the book take place among the climbers in Rob Hall's and Scott Fischer's teams?

2. What does Krakauer notice in the sky after taking pictures? This is something that he had not noticed before.

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

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

5. How many people in Hall's group (besides Hall) have ever climbed above 8,000 feet?

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