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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What doesn't Base Camp have as one of its many luxurious amenities?
(a) Hot tubs
(b) Hot water
(c) Satellite phone
(d) Electricity

2. Where do the climbers who find Wilson's body bury him?
(a) Tibet
(b) A crevasse
(c) They don't
(d) Nepal

3. What was Mount Everest's first official name?
(a) Mountain X
(b) Peak XV
(c) Mountain XV
(d) Peak X

4. In what is Base Camp located?
(a) Natural ampitheatre
(b) Underground
(c) Large cave
(d) Dense forest

5. What is so special about the man who is the answer to #27?
(a) He has climbed Everest ten times.
(b) He is already wearing his gear.
(c) He has not climbed Everest before.
(d) He does not speak English.

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

7. Sherpas make up ______ of all deaths on Mount Everest, according to Krakauer.
(a) One half
(b) One third
(c) 90%
(d) Three quarters

8. Who is the inexperienced climber that made it to the top of Everest with a guide?
(a) Dick Bass
(b) Doug Hansen
(c) Richard Mills
(d) Robert Menis

9. Which of the guides have already become ill as a result of the conditions at Lobuje?
(a) Scott Fischer
(b) Rob Hall
(c) Mike Groom
(d) Andy Harris

10. Who is described as being from New Zealand, having a full beard, and being gregarious and funny?
(a) Doug Hansen
(b) Andy Harris
(c) Anatoli Bourkeev
(d) Rob Hall

11. What does Krakauer notice about the Sherpas' culture when they arrive in Namche?
(a) How old they are
(b) How many there are
(c) How disrespectful they are
(d) American clothing and movies

12. Krakauer believes climbing Everest is not about the adrenaline rush, but it is 'more about ___________."
(a) Surviving
(b) Enduring pain
(c) Making it
(d) Loving struggles

13. Who sneaks into Tibet and makes it up to 21,000 feet where he finds a cache of supplies, but dies anyway?
(a) Corgay
(b) Wilson
(c) Tenzing
(d) Rufussion

14. Who is coming down the mountain after traveling from sea level to the top of Everest?
(a) Thomas Rightbody
(b) Kenneth Krupp
(c) Julian Methers
(d) Goran Kropp

15. Harris and __________ are leading the group on the way to Camp Two.
(a) John Taske
(b) Rob Hall
(c) John Krakauer
(d) Beck Weathers

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the nationality of the two climbers who are thought to have reached the summit first, although they never returned to camp?

2. What causes the brain damage in the Sherpa?

3. The Icefall is a dangerous area that is laid out in ropes and _____________.

4. What is the cruising altitude of the plane that makes Krakauer realize how absurd it seems to climb that distance as it is so close to Everest's summit measurement?

5. What is Ang Dorje called by the other climbers in the group?

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