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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After whom is Mount Everest named?
(a) Annabelle Everest
(b) Sir Joseph Evers
(c) Sir George Everest
(d) No one

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

3. What is the answer to #93's other main role for Fischer's group?
(a) Guide
(b) End Climber
(c) Base Camp Manager
(d) Rope Expert

4. Where do the climbers rest for two days after their first acclimatization climb?
(a) Camp One
(b) Camp Two
(c) Base Camp
(d) Loubje

5. Hall only makes his climbers hike a few miles a day because of the _______________.
(a) Rough terrain
(b) Bad weather
(c) Thin air
(d) Heat

6. How many people in Hall's group (besides Hall) have ever climbed above 8,000 feet?
(a) All
(b) 1
(c)
(d) 3

7. Which team on the mountain is sponsored by a newspaper?
(a) Rob Hall's
(b) German
(c) Scott Fischer's
(d) South African

8. Who is the person on Fischer's team who is a legend in Himalayan climbing?
(a) Schoening
(b) William Wilson
(c) Neil Beidleman
(d) Anatoli Bourkeev

9. Krakauer sees a dead body wrapped in a ______________ as they are climbing their second acclimatization climb.
(a) Blue sheet
(b) Red sheet
(c) White sheet
(d) Silver wrap

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

11. Where is the team supposed to climb to on this particular day in the novel?
(a) Base Camp
(b) Camp Three
(c) Camp One
(d) Summit

12. Who is the overachieving doctor, one who is actually hooked on climbing for its real challenges?
(a) Andy Harris
(b) Beck Weathers
(c) John Taske
(d) Doug Hansen

13. Who meets Krakauer at the airport when he lands in India for his climbing journey?
(a) Rob Hall
(b) Anatoli Bourkeev
(c) Scott Fischer
(d) Andy Harris

14. Who is critical of the treatment of the Sherpa by Fischer's medical team?
(a) Rob Hall
(b) Mike Groom
(c) Scott Fischer
(d) John Krakauer

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Krakauer develop as he is descending Icefall?

2. Who carries most of the gear for the climbers as they continue their hike up the mountain?

3. What does Krakauer find on a short hike up from Camp Two?

4. What is the final destination of the first hike of the climbers in Rob Hall's group?

5. How might the conditions at Lobuje be described?

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