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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose directions does Krakauer decide to follow in his search for missing climbers?
(a) Hall's
(b) Wilton's
(c) Fischer's
(d) Bourkeev's

2. Who is the only other member of Hall's team, besides Krakauer, that is still able to climb?
(a) Beck Weathers
(b) Rob Hall
(c) Mike Groom
(d) Stuart Hutchison

3. Who radios in that he is very tired when he is at the summit, then complains about how he doesn't feel well?
(a) Doug Hansen
(b) Scott Fischer
(c) Rob Hall
(d) Lopsang

4. What is Krakauer handed when he arrives in Base Camp, causing him to sit down and realize just what he has been through?
(a) Computer
(b) Towel
(c) Beer
(d) Phone

5. Which climbers were found ill, but alive, although no one stopped to help them?
(a) Japanese
(b) Chinese
(c) South African
(d) Indian

6. Whose advice does Krakauer seek out as he deals with the horrors of the aftermath of the tragedy?
(a) Tenzing
(b) Schoening
(c) Sir Edmund Hillary
(d) Scott Fischer

7. Scott Fischer and who else are the last climbers to come up Hillary Step?
(a) Andy Harris
(b) Doug Hansen
(c) John Krakauer
(d) Beck Weathers

8. Who has had his right arm amputated below the elbow?
(a) Doug Hansen
(b) Mike Groom
(c) John Krakauer
(d) Beck Weathers

9. "One must have drive, but too much drive will get _____________"
(a) One to the top
(b) One sick
(c) One killed
(d) One lost

10. Who goes with the climbers mentioned in #170?
(a) John Krakauer
(b) John Taske
(c) Mike Groom
(d) Rob Hall

11. Krakauer makes his way to the top of __________ where he must wait for descending climbers to pass.
(a) Western Cwm
(b) South Col
(c) Hillary Step
(d) Summit

12. What does Krakauer want to avoid by moving quickly up the face on the one rope?
(a) A long line of climbers
(b) Darkness
(c) Talking
(d) Fatigue

13. Who admits he perhaps did not always speak up to the other guides when he should have?
(a) John Krakauer
(b) Rob Hall
(c) Beck Weathers
(d) Neil Beidleman

14. What does Lopsang give to Fischer to help him feel better?
(a) Medicine
(b) Injection
(c) Tea
(d) Water

15. What does the team Krakauer saw in his camera lens come back to Camp Four to report?
(a) They reached the summit
(b) They lost 2 men on the team
(c) Illness throughout their team
(d) Bad weather prevented them from reaching the top

Short Answer Questions

1. Who continues to wait for Hansen at the summit because he wants to make sure someone else arrives?

2. How many people are left of the original 11 team members on Hall's team?

3. From what side has the team in #151 ascended Everest?

4. What expedition also has just reached the top at about 4:00 P.M.?

5. Who is severely injured in a bus accident while in his native country?

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