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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Everest Base Camp: May 13, 1996 - 17,600 Feet.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who evacuated with Fox via helicopter from Mount Everest?
(a) Beck Weathers
(b) John Krakauer
(c) Gau
(d) Mike Groom

3. The climbers on Everest do not _____________ for safety, which is different from other climbs Krakauer has done.
(a) Carry extra rope
(b) Rope themselves together
(c) Use safety clips
(d) Use rope nets

4. What climber actually saved the lives of five other climbers as he tried to ascent to the top of K2?
(a) Anatoli Bourkeev
(b) Scott Fischer
(c) Schoening
(d) Rob Hall

5. What kind of attitude does Fischer have towards mountain climbing?
(a) Full speed ahead
(b) Don't take chances
(c) Highly organized and efficient
(d) Zen and serene

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Base Camp manager for the group?

2. Who led an effort to clean up Base Camp when it was dirty in the 70's and 80's?

3. What does the team Krakauer saw in his camera lens come back to Camp Four to report?

4. Who admits he perhaps did not always speak up to the other guides when he should have?

5. Who was Hall's first partner when he began his climbing operation?

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