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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Krakauer says deepens when he hears that an inexperienced climber makes it to the top of Everest?
(a) Pride
(b) Snobbery
(c) Willingness
(d) Desire

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

3. Who is described as a difficult man who has deceived many people and created enemies on the mountain?
(a) Rob Hall
(b) Scott Fischer
(c) Woodall
(d) Anatoli Bourkeev

4. Who carries most of the gear for the climbers as they continue their hike up the mountain?
(a) Rob Hall
(b) Sherpas
(c) Doug Hansen
(d) John Krakauer

5. What is the name of the large chunks into which the glacier breaks?
(a) Stalagmites
(b) Seracs
(c) Slomas
(d) Richets

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mount Everest's first official name?

2. Who is the leader of Krakauer's group with which he is climbing in order to write a story for Outside Magazine?

3. What kind of role does Krakauer think Bourkeev sees himself as one of the guides?

4. Who does Krakauer help when they reach Camp One?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Rob Hall and his climbing partner, Gary Ball, achieve as climbers together?

2. Why does Doug Hansen stay behind while the rest of the climbers head up to Camp Three?

3. Describe Andy Harris and what Krakauer learns about him as they hike.

4. Describe Scott Fischer.

5. What happened to turn Base Camp into the tidy place it is in the 1990's?

6. How is the influence of Western culture seen in the village of Namche?

7. What phrase does Krakauer use to describe the people on the trip with him right now?

8. Describe the character of Pete Shoening.

9. Why do the climbers have to return to Camp Two as they are making their way up to Camp Three?

10. When Krakauer looks out his airplane window, what does he find so absurd?

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